Alan M. Dershowitz, revered Harvard Law professor and expert in constitutional and criminal law, aired a controversial legal defense for former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Monday, arguing via Twitter that lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation isn’t a crime unless that lie is “material.”
Lying to the FBI is only a crime if the lie was “material”. If the FBI already knew the answer to the question— if they have tapes— and ask it only to elicit a lie, should that lie be deemed material?
— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) December 17, 2018
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