Recently I thought about the 1957 movie, Witness for the Prosecution, which won multiple Academy Awards, and had great trick ending. Without spoiling it for anybody, the “witness for the prosecution” was, in reality, a “witness for the defense.”
I was reminded of this movie when I read what Alan Dershowitz had to say about the latest Georgia case against Trump. As perhaps you know, Alan Dershowitz is a Democrat and is on record as having voted for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In addition back in the controversial 2020 Bush-Gore, he partnered with Gore to try to get enough votes in Florida to swing the state and thus the electoral count to Gore.
Thus importantly he has inside knowledge of what occurred back then and how it is eerily similar to what they are accusing Trump of.
The fallowing is a headline from the DailyMail
ALAN DERSHOWITZ: Al Gore, his legal team and I tried to find uncounted presidential votes, lobbied officials and fought in the courts in 2000. The only difference now? The candidate’s name is Donald Trump… That’s why this prosecution is an outrage.
Dershowitz said,
“I was convinced then and I am convinced now that this result was wrong.
No one was indicted, disbarred, disciplined or even much criticized for those efforts, yet here we stand today.
President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants has been charged with election fraud, conspiracy, racketeering and more, under a law designed to take down criminal organizations, known as the RICO Act.
Should Al Gore have been charged in 2000?
What about me?
Dershowitz continued,
“During the course of our challenges, many tactics similar to those employed in 2020 were attempted. Lawyers wrote legal memoranda outlining possible courses of conduct, including proposing a slate of alternate electors, who would deliver our preferred election results to Congress.
“In 2000, Florida state officials were lobbied to secure recounts in selected counties in which we thought the tally would favor us. We were trying to find at least 600 votes that would change the result.
“This new indictment features Trump’s phone call with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, which was captured in an audio recording. In the conversation, Trump asks Raffensperger to ‘find’ 12,000 votes.
In my mind, this call is among the most exculpatory pieces of evidence. “Trump was entitled as a candidate to ask a Georgia state official to locate votes that he believes were not counted. In 2000, attempts were made to influence various Florida officials to recount the votes. But if similar behavior was legal in 2000, how could it be illegal in 2023?
The only difference now? The candidate’s name is Donald Trump… That’s why this prosecution is an outrage.”
Since Dershowitz is a lifelong Democrat, perhaps he could be “a witness for the prosecution!”
8/30/23