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Trump’s Defenders Can’t Stop Comparing Him to Al Capone
Conservative pundits keep suggesting President Trump is being railroaded just like violent mob boss Al Capone.
Are they sure they want to go there?
Pilar Melendez
08.28.18 3:07 PM ET
A common refrain among pro-Trump conservative pundits as of late has been to compare Donald Trump and his inner circle to Al Capone, ... https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-connects-paul-manafort-al-capone-and-fear-itself ... the notoriously violent mob boss “railroaded” by a tax-evasion conviction.
The latest culprit of this bizzare comparison was Harvard Law professor and Trump defender Alan Dershowitz who, appearing Monday morning on Fox & Friends, said, “The biggest crime you can commit in America today is to have been associated with Donald Trump. If you’re associated with Donald Trump, they’re going to Manafort you, they’re going to Cohen you. They’re going to do all of these things to you.”
He continued, dropping in a mob comparison: “They usually do it with the mafia. It’s the Al Capone approach. If we can’t get him on the grounds that we’d really want him on, let’s go after him on taxes, let’s go after him on business.”
“It’s targeting people,” he lamented, at one point using the phrase “legal colonoscopy” to describe how such actions might discourage businessmen from entering politics. “And if they can target President Trump, they can target you, they can target anyone. That’s the problem.”
Last week, Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight felony charges, including campaign-finance violations and other crimes which he claims were committed at the direction of then-candidate Trump.
Minutes later, Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort was convicted on eight felony charges, including tax charges for failing to disclose millions of dollars he made lobbying for Ukrainian politicians.
He was also convicted of two counts of bank fraud—the same crime that landed Al Capone in prison for 17 years.
What’s especially striking about Dershowitz comparing the president of the United States to a murderous mob boss is that this isn’t even the first time a Trump supporter has publically made such a leap.
Last week, NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch turned Capone into a verb to argue Trump is the victim of unfair prosecution.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-defenders-cant-stop-comparing-him-to-al-capone
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Trump's Collusion Denial Is Like Al Capone Saying: 'But See, They Couldn't Get Me for Murder,' CNN Host Says
By Jason Lemon On 12/9/18 at 11:27 AM
Republican CNN host S.E. Cupp has mocked Donald Trump’s defense of himself in the wake of a sentencing memo alleging his central role in federal crimes, comparing the president to notorious American gangster Al Capone.
"[Trump] chirping giddily about 'no collusion' is a little like Al Capone bragging, 'But see, they couldn't get me for murder!' when he's just been convicted of tax fraud," the pundit, who regularly criticizes the president despite her conservative political views, said on her Saturday television program S.E. Cupp: Unfiltered . "[Capone] still went to prison for a very long time,” she pointed out.
Capone was a legendary American gangster – also known as “Scarface” – during the Prohibition Era. He was a crime boss based out of Chicago and was believed to be behind numerous murders and other crimes. However, he was eventually arrested for tax evasion.
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https://www.newsweek.com/trump-collusion-denial-compared-gangster-al-capone-1251154
Trump’s Defenders Can’t Stop Comparing Him to Al Capone
Conservative pundits keep suggesting President Trump is being railroaded just like violent mob boss Al Capone.
Are they sure they want to go there?
Pilar Melendez
08.28.18 3:07 PM ET
A common refrain among pro-Trump conservative pundits as of late has been to compare Donald Trump and his inner circle to Al Capone, ... https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-connects-paul-manafort-al-capone-and-fear-itself ... the notoriously violent mob boss “railroaded” by a tax-evasion conviction.
The latest culprit of this bizzare comparison was Harvard Law professor and Trump defender Alan Dershowitz who, appearing Monday morning on Fox & Friends, said, “The biggest crime you can commit in America today is to have been associated with Donald Trump. If you’re associated with Donald Trump, they’re going to Manafort you, they’re going to Cohen you. They’re going to do all of these things to you.”
He continued, dropping in a mob comparison: “They usually do it with the mafia. It’s the Al Capone approach. If we can’t get him on the grounds that we’d really want him on, let’s go after him on taxes, let’s go after him on business.”
“It’s targeting people,” he lamented, at one point using the phrase “legal colonoscopy” to describe how such actions might discourage businessmen from entering politics. “And if they can target President Trump, they can target you, they can target anyone. That’s the problem.”
Last week, Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to eight felony charges, including campaign-finance violations and other crimes which he claims were committed at the direction of then-candidate Trump.
Minutes later, Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort was convicted on eight felony charges, including tax charges for failing to disclose millions of dollars he made lobbying for Ukrainian politicians.
He was also convicted of two counts of bank fraud—the same crime that landed Al Capone in prison for 17 years.
What’s especially striking about Dershowitz comparing the president of the United States to a murderous mob boss is that this isn’t even the first time a Trump supporter has publically made such a leap.
Last week, NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch turned Capone into a verb to argue Trump is the victim of unfair prosecution.
[...]
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-defenders-cant-stop-comparing-him-to-al-capone
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Trump's Collusion Denial Is Like Al Capone Saying: 'But See, They Couldn't Get Me for Murder,' CNN Host Says
By Jason Lemon On 12/9/18 at 11:27 AM
Republican CNN host S.E. Cupp has mocked Donald Trump’s defense of himself in the wake of a sentencing memo alleging his central role in federal crimes, comparing the president to notorious American gangster Al Capone.
"[Trump] chirping giddily about 'no collusion' is a little like Al Capone bragging, 'But see, they couldn't get me for murder!' when he's just been convicted of tax fraud," the pundit, who regularly criticizes the president despite her conservative political views, said on her Saturday television program S.E. Cupp: Unfiltered . "[Capone] still went to prison for a very long time,” she pointed out.
Capone was a legendary American gangster – also known as “Scarface” – during the Prohibition Era. He was a crime boss based out of Chicago and was believed to be behind numerous murders and other crimes. However, he was eventually arrested for tax evasion.
[...]
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-collusion-denial-compared-gangster-al-capone-1251154
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