Dershowitz: Stormy Daniels’ Testimony with Much ‘Irrelevant Information’ Could Follow Weinstein’s Verdict Reversal

DERSHOWITZ: “Well, first of all, it was clear reversible error today committed by the judge and the prosecution under the reasoning of the recently reversed Harvey Weinstein case. So much information came out that was utterly irrelevant. Let’s start with whether they had sex at all. Utterly irrelevant. The only issue is whether she threatened to expose him and whether she extorted him and whether he then paid money to avoid the embarrassment to his family, to his business, to his children, and, according to the prosecution, to help himself get reelected. The issue of what actually happened is utterly irrelevant. And then we get to the details, the silk pajamas, the kind of lotion he was wearing. I can’t imagine how the court of appeals in New York that reversed Harvey Weinstein conviction, which was a harder case to reverse, wouldn’t reverse this conviction if it got up there. I would certainly recommend to the prosecutors in this case that they study the Weinstein case very carefully because it gives a roadmap to what you can do. This prosecutor is just following the roadmap of what you can’t do.”