his long list of past clients includes claus von bulow, oj simpson, jeffrey epstein and, yes, donald. mr dershowitzjoined the legal team arguing for acquittal in the senate impeachment trial. he is a skilled lawyer. has he used those skills wisely? alan dershowitz in miami, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. let me start by taking you back to the 25—year—old alan dershowitz. i believe you were the youngest ever tenured law professor at law school, harvard university law school. i invite you to think about what the young, idealistic alan dershowitz would think of the legal career you have had since then. do you think he would be proud? well, he'd be surprised. i grew up as a poor young man in a brooklyn neighbourhood and my mother wanted me to have a little law store in the neighbourhood where i help people who had automobile accidents, and obviously i've had a very different career. i think he'd be very proud. he'd say, look, alan dershowitz represented everybody without regard to politics. he did half of his cases pro bono, free. he represented people nobody‘s ever heard of who

despised, the most unpopular, and you know what, the second most critical appraisals, was not the oj simpson case. it was one point represented bill clinton. a lot of people said, what a disgraceful thing. you representing the most horrible, president in terms of his personal life. and we did in the oval office, i got such horrible accusations for helping bill clinton, so again, shoot has to fit comfortably on both feet. [applause]. >> i would have to say i would not compare the sky to donald trump. >> i would like to go to this issue of guilt by accusation but something that troubles me which is guilt by association. just because you represent the president of the united states, should not make you as it has for him insert service, we all have a right to be heard in a right to be defended in court and we all have a right to appropriate, with the policies of the presidents who may find odious. but a lot of people headed in for bill clinton, a lot of people headed in for barack obama, and being on the side of one of those presidents should not have made you one way or another. the guilt by as

despised, the most unpopular, and you know what, the second most critical appraisals of me was not the oj simpson case, it was when i represented bill clinton, because a lot of people said, what a disgraceful thing, you representing the most horrible president in terms of his personal life, and what he did in the oval office, i got such horrible accusations, for helping bill clinton, so you know, again, the shoe has to fit comfortably on both feet. >> i'd like to -- >> i've got to say, i would not compare shranski and donald trump. >> i'd like to, i'd like to go to this issue of not guilt by accusation, but something that troubles me, which is guilt by association. just because you represent the president of the united states, should not make you as it has professor dershowitz, persona non grata in certain circles, we all have a right to be heard, we all have a right to be defended in court, we all have a right to associate with the policies of a president, who we may find odious. a lot of people had it in for bill clinton. a lot of people had it in for barack obama. being on the side of one of t

oj simpson too was acquitted and where has that gotten him.t's a terrible line to take if he thinks he's going to lean on that as an advantage going into the fall. i think what you're seeing is more of the same. you've seen the disruptive behavior from him, he's going to continue to self-detrustruct because that's what donald trump does. >> can you share what he's suing you for? >> he's using the justice department going after me using some ethic form i filed. i can't go into all the details, but it is very trivial. it's very clear that it's retaliatory. no lawsuit has been filed in this country under the same act for 20 years and he only did it after, of course, my number one best selling book came out. >> what was going through your mind as you were watching the president's east room speech on thursday? >> i was thinking it's really sad that he has no one around him to help advise him on what it means to be presidential. i was also sad for the country because the country deserves president than a president who uses profanity and uses the pla