Retired Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz took his chance at defending President Donald Trump, but it did not go over well with CNN's Anderson Copper.
On Tuesday's night show, Dershowitz said that President Donald Trump did not commit any crimes, despite his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleading guilty to tax fraud — which he said was a move directed by a former client and candidate.
"He'd have the right to pay the hush money. Keep it secret until the next reporting time which may be after the election. Direct his lawyer to pay the money. None of that would be a crime. You say that Cohen committed a crime, it all depends," Dershowitz said.
"Cohen said himself he committed a crime and the judge said he committed a crime," Anderson said, as he fact-checked him.
Dershowitz then argued that paying the hush money was not a violation of campaign finances if the money came from President Trump's personal account. However, Cooper said the president was lying.
"Nobody is forcing the president of the United States to repeatedly lie about this time, and time again," Cooper said.
"I'm saying it's really sleazy. It is sleazy that Michael Cohen lied repeatedly about it, publicly, that he got his own attorney to come on television and either lie about it knowingly or accidentally," Cooper said.
"It is undoubtedly true that sleaziness is not a violation of a federal criminal law. Sleaziness is in the eye of the beholder. I don't think there is any doubt that there was sleazy behavior here. But it is misleading to say that federal campaign laws are so complicated that you can't know what they are," Toobin said.
Watch the video below via CNN.
