Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard, at the Jerusalem Post ... [+] Annual Conference in New York City. Dershowitz said he will make the same argument as Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Curtis, who was chief counsel during Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial in 1868. Dershowitz will not be involved in the day-to-day actions of Trump’s defense during the trial, but will appear to make specific arguments. Key background: Dershowitz is best known as a celebrity defense attorney who made his name serving on O.J. Tangent: Trump’s defense team also includes Clinton impeachment veteran Kenneth Starr and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, among others.

Source: Forbes January 19, 2020 18:34 UTC