CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin argued with member of President Donald Trump's defense team Alan Dershowitz over the meaning of the phrase, 'abuse of power,' and whether the president can be impeached for it. Dershowitz called the definition of the term 'vague and open-ended.'
Former Harvard law professor and member of President Donald Trump's legal defense team Alan Dershowitz told CNN host Anderson Cooper on Tuesday that the president cannot be impeached for abuse of power. CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin vehemently disagreed with Dershowitz's interpretation of the meaning of the phrase"abuse of power.
After Toobin said that Dershowitz was"the only scholar" who equated maladministration with abuse of power, Dershowitz referenced Bowie's article in the"Professor Nikolas Bowie says that almost exactly," Dershowitz said."He says that maladministration, abuse of office, abuse of power—read it in"I've read that article and let me finish, Alan. Let me finish," said Toobin.
"They're open-ended and practically every president has been charged with abuse of power. Practically every American president," he said.,"There is no definition. That's my point."
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