Alan Dershowitz is once again making the constitutional point that I have been making since this allegation of President Trump “obstructing justice” first surfaced.

From Newsmax:

An investigation reportedly launched to determine if President Donald Trump is guilty of obstruction of justice in the FBI’s Russia probe might be moot regardless of its conclusions, according to renowned civil-rights lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

The Washington Post cited unnamed officials as confirming that special counsel Robert Mueller is “interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice.”

But Dershowitz, a long-time Harvard Law professor, told Newsmax TV on Thursday:

“The fact that Mueller is opening an investigation on obstruction doesn’t answer the two basic questions. One — can a president be indicted while sitting? And two — can a president be indicted for obstruction — which is simply doing his job, being the head of the executive branch?”

“I think the answer to both of these questions is still going to be no and no,” Dershowitz told Newsmax.

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