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I don't recall Hillary using an AL Capone defense during the three decade plus targeting of her. What would Dershowitz,
Levin and Loesch say to that? Maybe, something like, 'Hang on, we're talking about targeting by law enforcement,
not targeting by us.' Which would be as "crazy" as them using it as a defense for Trump. And Trump himself.

"THE PRESIDENT & THE MOBSTER
Trump’s Defenders Can’t Stop Comparing Him to Al Capone"

LOL, surely most everyone reading the bit you outed would see the craziness in it, and would be expecting it to be said. Sure enough, on opening the link it was.

"...the metaphor of prosecuting like Al Capone means going after a guilty person for something else more provable in court—not for their
most heinous offense. In a sense, these Trump defenders are unwittingly suggesting the president is guilty of far greater crimes.

Experts say that ignoring the mobster’s violent persona not only discredits this unusual conservative talking point, but is also harmful to Trump.

“What makes no sense is comparing the president to a convicted gangster. Al Capone is one of the most ludicrous, mystifying, unhelpful comparisons in politics,” Scott Talan, a professor at American University specializing in political communications, told The Daily Beast. “There is no comparison to this comparison, that’s how crazy it is.”

And yet the comparison seems to have originated from the president himself.

In a July interview following his private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump went to Sean Hannity’s Fox News show and defended Paul Manafort. “With Paul Manafort, who really is a nice man, you look at what’s going on with him, it’s like Al Capone,” Trump said."

Your link - https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-defenders-cant-stop-comparing-him-to-al-capone

It'a easily understandable that Trump should say it as comparison with bully-boy tough guys is his thing. But for the others to join him in that defense there is only one word - CRAZY