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A page from a manuscript written by Alan Dershowitz (likely part of a memoir) included in House Oversight documents. The text recounts an anecdote involving Tammy Faye Bakker, who expressed admiration for Dershowitz after watching 'Reversal of Fortune' and sent him a 'Jews for Jesus' Haggadah as a gift for defending her husband, Jim Bakker. The narrative transitions into a commentary on the separation of church and state in the United States.

This document appears to be a page (304) from a book or manuscript written by Alan Dershowitz, included in House Oversight materials (Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017391). The text details Dershowitz's successful legal appeal for Jim Bakker, where the Court of Appeals vacated a 45-year sentence due to the trial judge's ('Maximum Bob') religious bias. The document notes that the sentence was reduced to 8 years, Bakker served 4.5 years, and Dershowitz charged a fee of $20,000 for the work.