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Trump Impeachment
In this image from video, Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. WHD

WATCH: Alan Dershowitz blasts possible Trump indictment as '100% political'

Luke Gentile
March 20, 02:51 PM March 20, 02:51 PM
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Lawyer and Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz blasted the possible indictment and arrest of former President Donald Trump as "100% political."

"Purely, purely political," Dershowitz told America Right Now's Tom Basile.

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"Look, the attorney general of New York ran on a campaign to get Trump — [Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg], essentially the same thing," he said.

The notion that Trump could be the first former president to be indicted in U.S. history began circulating after multiple reports suggested that Bragg would indict Trump on charges related to an investigation into hush money payments made out to porn star Stormy Daniels.

"This is 100% political. There is no basis for this prosecution, but with the judiciary in New York, you never know," Dershowitz said. "The courts could uphold it."

That is the problem, according to Dershowitz.

"The problem is every part of the judicial system has become politicized," he said. "'Get Trump!' This 'Get Trump!' business."

Dershowitz recently published a book titled Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law and said the idea behind it has "permeated every aspect of our legal system."

"So, normally, a person has a guarantee, at least, that the courts will free him," he said. "Here, there's no assurance that the courts of New York will. It may have to go up to the United States Supreme Court."

© 2023 Washington Examiner

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WBC Baseball Cuba US
Agnese Reano, 8, is photographed outside of loanDepot Park before the start of the semifinal game between United States and Cuba at the World Baseball Classic on Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Miami. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via WHD) Matias J. Ocner/WHD

Cuban expatriates protest Castro and communism at World Baseball Classic semifinal

Luke Gentile
March 20, 12:47 PM March 20, 12:47 PM
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Cuban expatriates gathered outside the World Baseball Classic semifinal on Sunday to protest the Castro regime and communism plaguing the nation they struggled to escape.

Inside Miami's loanDepot Park, the United States trounced the Cuban team 14-2. Outside, refugees blasted the oppression of the Cuban government, according to a report.

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Jose Vilela, a 68-year-old Cuban native who has found a new life in Miami's Little Havana, walked around the ballpark denouncing the late dictator Fidel Castro and anyone associated with his government.

"We don’t want them here," said Vilela, who was held for six months in a concentration camp before fleeing Cuba. "None. People that work for the Castro family — we don't want them. They can go any place they want. Go to New York. Go to California. Not Miami. I hope this is the last time they come here."

Many of the Cuban players are technically employees of the Cuban government, the report noted.

Along with Vilela, protesters flew flags and called for the freedom of the victims of a July 2021 protest in Cuba that saw hundreds arrested after thousands took the streets to protest the economic hardship and shortages faced by the island nation.

At least three people were removed from the stadium after running on the field, the report noted.

Many shirts worn by the protesters read "Patria y Vida," meaning homeland and life, a statement used to oppose Castro's famous rallying cry "Patria o Muerte," meaning homeland or death.

When asked about the protests, Cuba team manager Armando Johnson said, "We're just here for baseball, for the sport."

"It feels bad, but I don’t judge," he said when asked how he feels about native Cubans not identifying with his team.

"Like I said, everyone has his or her way of thinking," he added. "We are on the field, and we come here just to play baseball and the sport. That’s what we wanted to do here."

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