Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz said Thursday that he fully expects failed one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump will be convicted in multiple jurisdictions before a single vote is cast in the 2024 presidential election.
Appearing on Real America’s Voice, Dershowitz was asked by host Gina Loudon if any of Trump’s criminal cases would be resolved before the 2024 election.
“Oh yeah, that’s the problem,” Dershowitz responded. “We’re going to have some convictions of Donald Trump because he’s being tried in districts where you can’t get a fair trial, and then these convictions will be reversed after the election.”
“The strategy is down and dirty, unlawful convictions to influence the election, and then we don’t care if they’re reversed after the election because, by that time, it will have had the intended impact on the election,” he added. “So yeah, I think we’ll see some convictions.”
Dershowitz also suggested that New York prosecutors could “convict a ham sandwich” if it was named Trump.
“I think the same thing is true in Fulton County.”
The noted attorney also insisted the federal election interference case that will be heard in Washington, D.C. should be delayed until after the election.
“Read the Constitution. It’s the right of the defendant to a speedy trial. The defendant also has the right to prepare for a trial adequately, and if you have 12 million pages of discovery, no lawyer can prepare for a trial within several months.”
“This trial definitely ought to be put off until after the election.”
Fortunately, Dershowitz doesn’t get to decide when any of the trials are held. That determination will be made by judges who know a hell of a lot more about the case than he ever will.