"The irony of what congresswoman Waters did. She borrowed the playbook of the Ku Klux Klan from the 1920s and 1930s. They would stand outside of courtrooms, and they would threaten violence,” Dershowitz told Newsmax.
"We're not under the rule of law in Minneapolis. We're under the rule of the crowd," he added.
"This violates the separation of powers. It insults the integrity of the independent judiciary, and congresswoman Waters ought to be ashamed of herself. What she did was disgraceful," Dershowitz said.
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Waters visited Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, last week and told protesters of Chauvin’s trial that “we’re looking for a guilty verdict.” “I am very hopeful,” the California Democrat added. “I hope that we are going to get a verdict that will say, 'Guilty, guilty, guilty.'”
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“And if we don’t, we cannot go away,” she added. “We’ve got to get more confrontational.”
The former Minneapolis police officer is facing charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death.
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Her remarks have faced heavy GOP backlashes, and the judge in Chauvin’s trial added that they could be the basis for appealing a verdict in the trial.
The verdict in Chauvin’s trial is expected on Tuesday.
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Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill on Monday responded to a comment made by Chauvin defense attorney Eric Nelson who noted that over the weekend, a “United States Congressperson was making what I interpreted to be … threats against the sanctity of the jury process” and “threatening and intimidating the jury” into delivering a guilty verdict against his client.
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The lawyer was referring to Waters as well, who traveled from California to a Minneapolis suburb and told a crowd that if a guilty verdict is not handed down by the jury against Chauvin, protesters should “get more confrontational.”
“I wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, especially in a manner that is disrespectful to the rule of law and to the judicial branch and our function,” Cahill said in response to Nelson’s statement, noting that he was aware that “Waters was talking specifically about this trial and the unacceptability” of “anything less than a murder conviction.”
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“If they want to give their opinions, they should do so … in a manner that is consistent with their oath to the Constitution,” Cahill said.
It came as Nelson claimed that Waters’ remarks could have tilted the jury and could be grounds to declare a mistrial.
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