by Curt_Anderson on April 22, 2025 3:26 pm
OD,
You are still wrong about "legally admissible evidence". You got nothin'. If there was any, Biden would have been hauled into court. Don't think Trump wouldn't do it if he could.
No a congressional committee hearing is not a courtroom. For example, hearsay, testimony quoting what someone else said, is generally inadmissible in court due to the lack of ability to cross-examine the original speaker. However, congressional committees are not bound by court rules of evidence, including hearsay rules. Consequently, they are free to allow hearsay testimony, and they typically do so.
You may remember how MAGA-world howled and whined about Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before a Democratic led committee complaining it was hearsay.
In case you wondered, the rules of an impeachment trial are stricter than a congressional hearing. In his impeachment hearing, important evidence against Trump wasn't hearsay, or would be admissible in an ordinary court of law under some exception anyway.
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by meagain on April 23, 2025 11:34 am
The Congressional Committee's Report is not evidence at all. Admissible or not. It is a speculative compilation of accusations and rebuttals. Each item in its makeup would have to be presented in Court with supporting evidence for each to be heard separately.
by Indy! on April 23, 2025 12:47 pm
Love when OD pretends he knows law and then gets shut down like every other time he pretends he knows law.
