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On his Friday night program, Tucker Carlson spoke with constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz about why he is representing Mike Lindell, founder and CEO of My Pillow, in a lawsuit against the FBI.
"I've always just gone where the Constitution points me," Dershowitz said, "whoever the government oppresses and violates their constitutional rights. I'll defend them."
Carlson had previously said, "In one of the most hallucinogenicly weird and scary displays of political authoritarianism we've seen recently, Joe Biden's FBI cornered Mike Lindell, the My Pillow guy, who's often advertising in our air, at a fast food drive thru." Carlson's summation of events covered the FBI's seizure of Lindell's phone at a Hardee's restaurant on September 13. Days later, the CEO announced his lawsuit during an appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room.
The constitutional lawyer said, "I've defended communists and Nazis. I've defended Democrats like Ted Kennedy and Republicans like President Trump. I will continue to do so."
"When it comes to the Constitution. I'm not a conservative or liberal or a Democrat or Republican. I am somebody who wants to support the Constitution," he added.
"Tell us why you think what the FBI did to my Condell is scary," Carlson said.
"Well, first of all, if they had done it to a Democrat we would have every Liberal Democrat, the ACLU, complaining bitterly," Dershowitz replied before explaining that the FBI tracked Lindell down with some "GPS or some tracking mechanism."
"And we want to know whether they had a warrant for doing that. Then if they had a warrant, and they stopped him, they should have just asked him for his phone. They should have subpoenaed the phone," the lawyer added.
Dershowitz then explained how the FBI had a subpoena but not for the phone, and by getting his phone they get his "everything."
The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
"I'm not representing Lindell because I agree with him at all. I'm representing Lindell in the same way that I would represent a liberal Democrat who was subject to the same kind of unconstitutional searching and for that I'm being highly criticized by people on the left," Dershowitz added.
"They say Trump is different. You can't apply the constitution to him. They said that when they detained 110,000 Japanese Americans. This is different. They said that during McCarthyism, this is different," he said, noting how it's the constitutional standard and equality under the law that matters.
The lawyer concluded by saying he would likely pay a price for his defense of the conservative businessman, but asked that people leave his family out of it.
"I've always just gone where the Constitution points me," Dershowitz said, "whoever the government oppresses and violates their constitutional rights. I'll defend them."
Carlson had previously said, "In one of the most hallucinogenicly weird and scary displays of political authoritarianism we've seen recently, Joe Biden's FBI cornered Mike Lindell, the My Pillow guy, who's often advertising in our air, at a fast food drive thru." Carlson's summation of events covered the FBI's seizure of Lindell's phone at a Hardee's restaurant on September 13. Days later, the CEO announced his lawsuit during an appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room.
The constitutional lawyer said, "I've defended communists and Nazis. I've defended Democrats like Ted Kennedy and Republicans like President Trump. I will continue to do so."
"When it comes to the Constitution. I'm not a conservative or liberal or a Democrat or Republican. I am somebody who wants to support the Constitution," he added.
"Tell us why you think what the FBI did to my Condell is scary," Carlson said.
"Well, first of all, if they had done it to a Democrat we would have every Liberal Democrat, the ACLU, complaining bitterly," Dershowitz replied before explaining that the FBI tracked Lindell down with some "GPS or some tracking mechanism."
"And we want to know whether they had a warrant for doing that. Then if they had a warrant, and they stopped him, they should have just asked him for his phone. They should have subpoenaed the phone," the lawyer added.
Dershowitz then explained how the FBI had a subpoena but not for the phone, and by getting his phone they get his "everything."
The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
"I'm not representing Lindell because I agree with him at all. I'm representing Lindell in the same way that I would represent a liberal Democrat who was subject to the same kind of unconstitutional searching and for that I'm being highly criticized by people on the left," Dershowitz added.
"They say Trump is different. You can't apply the constitution to him. They said that when they detained 110,000 Japanese Americans. This is different. They said that during McCarthyism, this is different," he said, noting how it's the constitutional standard and equality under the law that matters.
The lawyer concluded by saying he would likely pay a price for his defense of the conservative businessman, but asked that people leave his family out of it.
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