Alan Dershowitz lost his defamation claim after the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the lower court's dismissal. The suit followed Dershowitz's public defense of Donald Trump's attempt to pressure President Zelenskyy, which involved threatening to cut off aid to secure a corruption investigation into Joe Biden. The withholding of Ukrainian aid created real geopolitical risks and led to Trump's impeachment for using U.S. foreign policy to advance personal fundraising interests. Dershowitz argued presidents can act for personal benefit if they believe it serves the national interest, offering an example framed as a "complex middle case."
As last week careened into Labor Day weekend, Alan Dershowitz received some bad news from the Eleventh Circuit, who affirmed the lower court's ruling and kicked Dershowitz's defamation claim against CNN to the curb. This is the saddest Dershowiz has been since the Martha's Vineyard pierogi stand refused to sell him a potato dumpling. Did you know, that since PierogiGate, Martha's Vineyard turned out to wait in line for pierogies to support Dershowitz's vendor nemesis? USA! USA!
Dershowitz had sued CNN in the wake of his role advocating for Donald Trump's right to threaten cutting off President Zelenskyy if the Ukrainian leader didn't scratch Trump's increasingly bloated back in building a corruption case against Joe Biden over Hunter Biden's job or something something. The conspiracy theory was always stupid and the geopolitical risk in withholding Ukrainian aid was always very real - tragically proven right soon after -
Trump survived the trial, mostly because Democrats did not have 67 seats in the chamber, but Dershowitz helped too. [A] complex middle case is: I want to be elected. I think I am a great President. I think I am the greatest President there ever was, and if I am not elected, the national interest will suffer greatly. That cannot be [an impeachable offense].
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