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Coerced into pleading guilty to a crime of which he was innocent. he was coerced by threats against his son, against his fortune, and the reason i think he was innocent is even if he told an untruth -- which it seems as if he did -- it was not a material untruth. the government already knew everything they ask him about. when you ask a question that you already know the answer to, i do have proof of the answer, there is only one purpose to the question. and that is to elicit a lie. >> harris: ou...

The top of the hour. alan dershowitz, author of the case against impeaching trump joins us now. welcome back. what are your -- what is your thinking ahead of this sentencing? >> well, i hope the judge will ask some very, very hard questions. questions about whether or not the plea was a valid plea. i dont believe it was a valid plea. i think that flynn was coerced into pleading guilty to a crime which he was innocent. he was coerced by threats against his son, his fortune and the reason i think ...