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pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:00 PM May 2018

Professor Lawrence Tribe was appalled by Alan D's "unhinged" attack on Richard Painter

and Robert Mueller.

Good for Painter -- he wouldn't back down on making the point that D wasn't being truthful about Bob Mueller. (D was referring to a specific rightwing fake news story about Mueller.)

Note: Painter is the (former) Republican. Dersh is the (so-called) Democrat. Who do you like better?





Laurence Tribe
✔@tribelaw

I know both @AlanDersh and Richard Painter. Alan was totally out of line in attacking @RWPUSA on MSNBC as “unAmerican.” His denunciation of Mueller shocked me. Sorry to have to say it, but this unhinged assault on Painter leaves me aghast.


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/watch-msnbc-segment-explodes-dershowitz-calls-lawyer-richard-painter-un-american-liar/

WATCH: MSNBC segment explodes after Dershowitz calls lawyer Richard Painter ‘un-American and a liar’
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Professor Lawrence Tribe was appalled by Alan D's "unhinged" attack on Richard Painter (Original Post) pnwmom May 2018 OP
Dershowitz looks unhinged as well. Cha May 2018 #1
Everyone connected To Comrade Trump Either Is Me. May 2018 #3
It's a cult Cha May 2018 #6
... Me. May 2018 #7
What is the back story on this? Meuller and people from Florida and Painter dissing on Dersh? Hamlette May 2018 #9
Dersh was lying about Mueller, smearing him with a fake news story pnwmom May 2018 #17
see #21 below populistdriven May 2018 #22
Maybe Dershowitz has male menopause, or has he always been a salty emo that doesn't check sources? populistdriven May 2018 #24
Alan the civil libertarian my ass... pbmus May 2018 #2
Dersh is trying to sell his recent book with title quartz007 May 2018 #4
And to please Bibi. sandensea May 2018 #8
No contest on who I like better MurrayDelph May 2018 #5
Does anyone know the story on AD? BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #10
I think the connection started with Dersh's decades-long friendship with Kushner pnwmom May 2018 #12
Interesting connection. smirkymonkey May 2018 #20
Not a head injury... rusty fender May 2018 #19
Painter vs. Dershowitz: A Matter of Honor - Gothmog May 2018 #11
Hamlette here's the backstory with Dershowitz and Mueller/Whitey Bulger/Boston Izzy Blue May 2018 #13
Thank you.This is important. I'd read it, but couldn't remember where. pnwmom May 2018 #14
You're welcome! Izzy Blue May 2018 #15
Forgot to say -- welcome to DU, Izzy Blue! n/t pnwmom May 2018 #16
Thank you! Izzy Blue May 2018 #18
The actual source of this fakenews is disgraced Kevin Cullen see a different post here populistdriven May 2018 #21
Thanks! pnwmom May 2018 #23
thanks Hamlette May 2018 #25
Dersh's ego out of control. Pundit said he should stay in the classroom. George Eliot May 2018 #26

Me.

(35,454 posts)
3. Everyone connected To Comrade Trump Either Is
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:17 PM
May 2018

or becomes so. They're all losing their minds.

Hamlette

(15,394 posts)
9. What is the back story on this? Meuller and people from Florida and Painter dissing on Dersh?
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:56 PM
May 2018

Anyone know either story?

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
17. Dersh was lying about Mueller, smearing him with a fake news story
Sun May 6, 2018, 01:05 AM
May 2018

about a certain mobster prosecution. The judge involved has written an article about why Dersh's story about Mueller is false. (See post #13 below.)

Dersh has been pals with Kushner ever since Kushner was at Harvard and Dersh was faculty advisor to a small Jewish org that Kushner was president of.

populistdriven

(5,639 posts)
24. Maybe Dershowitz has male menopause, or has he always been a salty emo that doesn't check sources?
Sun May 6, 2018, 08:59 PM
May 2018

Male hormone replacement therapy isn't for every one, perhaps he is too old for it.

pbmus

(12,418 posts)
2. Alan the civil libertarian my ass...
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:05 PM
May 2018

He is just a media whore who wants to spew his sterile nonsense and be one of the final lawyers on the trump dump team...

MurrayDelph

(5,281 posts)
5. No contest on who I like better
Sat May 5, 2018, 11:41 PM
May 2018

Dershowitz is a sleazy liar who will say anything to promote his view.

Painter is a good man that I have some basic differences with on what is best for the country, but I do not doubt his sincerity, honesty, or ethics (All things Dershowitz apparently do not have).

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
12. I think the connection started with Dersh's decades-long friendship with Kushner
Sun May 6, 2018, 12:39 AM
May 2018

(Kushner was President of a small Chabbad house on Harvard's campus while Dersh was faculty advisor there), and continued through mutual links to the corrupt Netanyahu, and continues to this day at Mar a Lago, which Dersh visits with friends.

 

Izzy Blue

(282 posts)
13. Hamlette here's the backstory with Dershowitz and Mueller/Whitey Bulger/Boston
Sun May 6, 2018, 12:52 AM
May 2018
"Smearing Robert Mueller"

"Sean Hannity and others are blaming the special counsel for one of the F.B.I.’s worst scandals. But there is no evidence to back up their charges."

Great photo!

[link:?quality=90&auto=webp|


The judge who presided over the trial against the govt speaks out.

"By Nancy Gertner"

Ms. Gertner is a retired federal judge.
April 18, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/opinion/robert-mueller-smearing-complicit.html
 

Izzy Blue

(282 posts)
15. You're welcome!
Sun May 6, 2018, 01:01 AM
May 2018

The retired judge who wrote the piece now teaches at Harvard along with the repulsive Dershowitz and iirc, this is not the first time she has called him out.

 

Izzy Blue

(282 posts)
18. Thank you!
Sun May 6, 2018, 01:17 AM
May 2018

It was Israel that got Dershititz's panties in a bunch,

snip"

"You have no right to go on national television and say things that are false about Robert Mueller,” Painter continued. “It’s not about you.”


“You say I know nothing about Israel,” Dershowitz replied. “You condemned me for that.”

“This has nothing to do with Israel,” Painter shot back. “You lied about Robert Mueller. This has nothing to do with Israel. This has to do with you’re assaulting the reputation of Robert Mueller, a good American.”


https://www.alternet.org/watch-alan-dershowitz-calls-lawyer-richard-painter-un-american-and-liar-bizarre-tirade

George Eliot

(701 posts)
26. Dersh's ego out of control. Pundit said he should stay in the classroom.
Mon May 7, 2018, 05:57 AM
May 2018

He's out of touch. I agree. I like painter a lot.

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