Dershowitz: Flynn lied, but the FBI acted inappropriately

Published December 15, 2018 6:08pm ET



Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz weighed in Saturday on how federal authorities treated former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

“There are two issues: Did he lie at the time the FBI came to him? The answer is yes. Could he have told the truth? Yes. The second is: Does the fact that he pleaded guilty prove that he’s guilty? Absolutely not. He pleaded guilty because of the enormous pressures on him even though I think he could have won the case,” Dershowitz said in a Fox News interview Saturday.

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