Dershowitz Uses Sports Analogy to Explain How Trump Team Is 'Playing' Mueller

Liberal activists are quivering with outrage over suggestions and rumors that President Trump might try to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but they shouldn't worry about it, says former Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz.

Trump told reporters on Sunday evening that he does not plan to fire Mueller, and that makes sense to Dershowitz, who explained the Trump strategy as "playing the refs."

Well, I learned about this from Red Auerbach, the great coach of the Boston Celtics who told me one day when we were sitting at a Celtics game that whenever he used to scream at an official and yell at the official, he'd always get the next call in his favor. Then I heard the same thing from a baseball player who said when he protested a ball or a strike he would get the next call.

I think that's the tactic that's being used here. You continuously attack Mueller. You bring up every possible issue, whether it be conflict of interest, hiring the wrong people, failing to get a warrant for the emails, using the dossier to get the national security warrant -- and Mueller, who's so concerned about his integrity and his reputation, may very well be inclined to lean over backwards to...Read More HERE