20190730

bang on the lies

on connie bruck's "alan dershowitz, devil's advocate" from the new yorker:

appreciate how bruck begins with dersh's commitment to lying --
“The rule of law requires that we distinguish between sins and crimes,” he said. “There’s no federal crime that says that it’s illegal to lie to the media.”
-- and visits his corollary to "...bang on the table" --
“If you don’t have the law or legal facts on your side, argue your case in the court of public opinion.”
-- before digging too far into his service to epstein and other monsters, the allegations against him, and providing him the opportunity to respond: this lawyer and accused rapist advocates lying to the media, and suggests doing it when you don't have the law or facts on your side; let's see what he has to say now.

really artful.