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STEPHANOPOULOS Professor Dershowitz you ░░░░░░░░ the book The Case ░░░░░░░░ Impeaching Trump that was ░░░░░░░░ course before this week ░░░░░░░░ developments Is what you ░░░░░░░░ in the Michael Cohen ░░░░░░░░ in that guilty plea ░░░░░░░░ it weaken your case ░░░░░░░░ DERSHOWITZ Harvard UNIVERSITY Well ░░░░░░░░ of all I agree ░░░░░░░░ everything that congressman said ░░░░░░░░ think it would be ░░░░░░░░ to have the Democrats ░░░░░░░░ control of one Branch ░░░░░░░░ being able to conduct ░░░░░░░░ I think we have ░░░░░░░░ get to the bottom ░░░░░░░░ this Look I fully ░░░░░░░░ why so many people ░░░░░░░░ hope that President Trump ░░░░░░░░ committeed crimes and impeachable ░░░░░░░░ but the evidence isn ░░░░░░░░ there The president or ░░░░░░░░ candidate is entitled to ░░░░░░░░ anything he wants to ░░░░░░░░ own campaign So the ░░░░░░░░ issue here is whether ░░░░░░░░ not there was a ░░░░░░░░ to report the contribution ░░░░░░░░ failure to report is ░░░░░░░░ to the treasurer of ░░░░░░░░ campaign not to the ░░░░░░░░ CROSS TALK And conspiracy ░░░░░░░░ a very big stretch ░░░░░░░░ TALK STEPHANOPOULOS Well that ░░░░░░░░ I wanted to that ░░░░░░░░ what I wanted to ░░░░░░░░ to I mean on ░░░░░░░░ one end it could ░░░░░░░░ a reporting violation and ░░░░░░░░ deliberate run around the ░░░░░░░░ and run around the ░░░░░░░░ in working with another ░░░░░░░░ conspiracy that would be ░░░░░░░░ serious crime wouldn t ░░░░░░░░ DERSHOWITZ It s a ░░░░░░░░ it s a stretch ░░░░░░░░ the reporting if it ░░░░░░░░ would have occurred after ░░░░░░░░ election considering the chronology ░░░░░░░░ everything And so to ░░░░░░░░ and make a reporting ░░░░░░░░ which so many campaigns ░░░░░░░░ President Obama s campaign ░░░░░░░░ to pay 300 000 ░░░░░░░░ reporting violations To make ░░░░░░░░ conspiracy out of that ░░░░░░░░ the law itself says ░░░░░░░░ treasurer is responsible not ░░░░░░░░ candidate is an example ░░░░░░░░ precisely what we re ░░░░░░░░ trying to stretch the ░░░░░░░░ to fit somebody who ░░░░░░░░ Americans hope and want ░░░░░░░░ see commit a crime ░░░░░░░░ commit an impeachable offense ░░░░░░░░ agree with the congressman ░░░░░░░░ s wait to see ░░░░░░░░ the evidence is Look ░░░░░░░░ other thing that I ░░░░░░░░ last week proves is ░░░░░░░░ the Special Counsel is ░░░░░░░░ least important element in ░░░░░░░░ investigation.