NEW: “I’m just not a fixer or an influence peddler,” Alan Dershowitz told NYT.
But @kenvogel and I found that Dersh -- lawyer, Trump-whisperer, amateur diplomat and go-between -- leveraged his ties to advance at least TWELVE CLEMENCIES under Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/politics/dershowitz-trump-pardons-clemency.html
Using Connections to Trump, Dershowitz Became Force in Clemency Grants

The lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz, who represented the former president in his first impeachment trial, used his access for a wide array of clients as they sought pardons or commutations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/politics/dershowitz-trump-pardons-clemency.html
Long a critic of aggressive prosecution and a patron saint of unpopular (but high-powered) defendants, Dersh's public role as a Trump surrogate and lawyer helped drive surging demand for his services, paid and unpaid, as a Trumpworld pardon-getter. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/politics/dershowitz-trump-pardons-clemency.html
Using Connections to Trump, Dershowitz Became Force in Clemency Grants

The lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz, who represented the former president in his first impeachment trial, used his access for a wide array of clients as they sought pardons or commutations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/politics/dershowitz-trump-pardons-clemency.html
Some didn't work out. Dersh worked on a proposal under which the Arab-D.C. influence-peddler and convicted sex-trafficker George Nader to be freed and sent back to the UAE on an Emirati jet, in hopes he would advance Mideast Peace --> https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1358902735731630080?s=20
Some highlights of Dershowitz’s book of Trump pardon business.
SUCCESS: one man, in prison for a real estate scam, got out after friends hired a legal-lobby firm with Trump ties. The firm worked with Dersh, who referenced the case in opeds for @Newsweek and @WSJopinion and vouched with Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/politics/dershowitz-trump-pardons-clemency.html?referringSource=articleShare
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