Dershowitz: Hunter Biden Acquittal Would Expose ‘Double Standard’ in Legal System
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Alan Dershowitz, Harvard law professor emeritus, believes a Hunter Biden acquittal would be beneficial for America, as it would highlight the perceived bias against former President Donald Trump. During an appearance on Fox News’s “Hannity,” Dershowitz argued that Trump’s guilty verdict would be seen as a “laughing stock” if Hunter Biden were acquitted.
“The best thing that could possibly happen to Donald Trump is if Hunter Biden gets acquitted,” Dershowitz stated. “Because the evidence against Hunter Biden is so much more compelling of the legal issues were compelling than anything against Donald Trump and it will prove beyond any doubt that this is all about where the trial was conducted and that if you’re Trump and you’re tried in New York, it’s automatic guilt, and if you’re Biden and you’re tried in Delaware — it’s a different bird.”
He continued, “The best thing that could possibly happen to Donald Trump is the acquittal of the Biden base… it would also be a good thing for America. It would uncover and disclose the horrible double standard that our criminal justice system is going through; maybe we can get some reform. Maybe we can do something about it.”
Last week, Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes when New York jurors found him guilty of all 34 charges in a conspiracy to cover up a plot to unlawfully influence the 2016 election by hiding hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied the affair and vowed to appeal after his sentencing on July 11, told Raw Story.
Meanwhile, a jury was deliberating Monday in the federal gun case against Hunter Biden, who is accused of using drugs while lying about it on a gun application in 2018. The 54-year-old Hunter Biden also made history by being criminally prosecuted as the son of a sitting U.S. president.
For Dershowitz, who defended Trump during his 2019 impeachment trial, the Trump verdict has shaken his faith in the legal system. “I’ve been able to 60 years of my life to try to defend and explain the legal system based on neutral principles,” he said. “That legal system is gone. The Trump case destroyed it. And if there were an acquittal in this case, at least it will expose that.”
Dershowitz added that America’s criminal justice system is currently a global laughingstock. “Right now our criminal justice system is the laughingstock of the world and I feel so horrible about it,” he concluded.
