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Lawyers on here please answer this question for me

Posted on 9/29/19 at 8:54 pm
Posted by KevinFaulkDaGawd
Member since Sep 2019
203 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 8:54 pm
Is there any way that hearsay is allowed? I fully expect we will hear whatever made up reasons on CNN all week but are there any actual ways to allow hearsay?
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
40597 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 8:55 pm to
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but are there any actual ways to allow hearsay?


Ya there's like two dozen exceptions
This post was edited on 9/29/19 at 8:57 pm
Posted by Wednesday
Member since Aug 2017
16989 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 8:58 pm to
There is no way to prove a crime with the kind of hearsay that’s in the Whistleblower Statement.

There is no prohibition against the use of hearsay in newspaper articles.

There will be no impeachment. This is a publicity campaign by the Democrats to try to put their stink on Donald Trump. That’s it. They can use hearsay to do that - unfortunately.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
77171 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:00 pm to
They are simply trying to bring the entire political process down. Trumps election is illegitimate in their eyes
Posted by Magician2
Member since Oct 2015
14553 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:00 pm to
I think it speaks volumes the Dems have already publicly come out saying they want to subpoena the conversations with other world leaders. That will be the new talking point.
Posted by KevinFaulkDaGawd
Member since Sep 2019
203 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:01 pm to
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There is no way to prove a crime with the kind of hearsay that’s in the Whistleblower Statement.


If the statements are statements he “heard” from someone else, can’t they make that “someone else” come forward? And when it’s proven that someone else is a fictional person it ends the whole charade?
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
50497 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:04 pm to
Hearsay is regularly admissible in grand jury deliberations and proceedings before administrative bodies.
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
35109 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:05 pm to
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Ya there's like two dozen exceptions

Fer sure....hearsay prohibition is a tiny little road bump. There's an exception for most every hearsay statement. But which one will apply here?
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
22745 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:07 pm to
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I think it speaks volumes the Dems have already publicly come out saying they want to subpoena the conversations with other world leaders. That will be the new talking point.


It irritates me to hear this but it will never happen. It's unconstitutional. And Trump can claim executive privilege anyway.
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
35109 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:08 pm to
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can’t they make that “someone else” come forward?

Yip. The accused has the right to subpoena witnesses and compel them to testify.
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
53851 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:10 pm to
I'm not a lawyer but I have stayed in a Holiday Inn Express and I'm a regular on the PT forum. It appears the Swamp is writing/amending the rules they believe are necessary to oust Trump...it ain't gonna work.
This post was edited on 9/29/19 at 9:12 pm
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
22745 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:11 pm to
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Yip. The accused has the right to subpoena witnesses and compel them to testify.


Just asking, who is the accused in this case?
Posted by beachdude
FL
Member since Nov 2008
6309 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:13 pm to
If there were a trial in any American courtroom, and a person took the witness stand and attempted to state that he was told by someone else that the defendant talked on the phone with someone and in that conversation the defendant said he was going to kill the victim, that proposed testimony would be excluded subject to a timely hearsay objection. Period.
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
35109 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:21 pm to
In an impeachment trial of the President? Donald Trump would be the "accused" who has the right to compel witness testimony. I do not specifically mention any right to compel testimony of the accuser, rather witnesses. Now, I use the term "accused" simply out of habit. Substitute whichever term that's more appropriate.
Posted by SpringBokCock
Columbia, SC
Member since Oct 2003
3192 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:25 pm to
Yeah - Lindsey’s talking point on hearsay is bogus. Lindsey knows it’s bogus (he’s not a loon like Rudy), but it plays well as a deflection.

There are two things Lindsey won’t say. The first is that hearsay is used all the time in investigations - regardless of whether it is ultimately admissible in court. The second is that whistle blowers are usually unidentified because the whole concept is that a whistle blower’s identity needs to be confidential to protect him from retaliation.

Lindsey knows he is spinning, but at this stage he’s all in and it’s about as good of a tactic as he has right now.

Watching the transformation of Lindsey Graham has been remarkable. He was on the path to be a statesman in the tradition of Strom Thurmond and Fritz Hollings. A longtime senator with great power despite coming from a small state - who was respected on both sides of the aisle.

He made the political calculus that going from a never Trumper to a full on Trump sycophant would pay off in the long run. And it may, even if Trump goes down. His defense of Kavanaugh will let him survive politically in South Carolina and may position him to pick up the pieces of the Republican Party. And of course, if Trump avoids impeachment and is re-elected, Lindsey could aim for higher office.
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
35109 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:30 pm to
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Lindsey’s talking point on hearsay is bogus

Lindsey will likely be one of the top guys facilitating the adoption of the federal rule of evidence prohibition against hearsay in a Senate impeachment trial, if it gets that far. Senate gets to set their own rules of evidence and procedure. So there's that.
Posted by Cali 4 LSU
GEAUX TIGERS!
Member since Sep 2007
6670 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:35 pm to
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Hearsay is regularly admissible in grand jury deliberations and proceedings before administrative bodies.




What about "admissible" for impeaching a president or to set a track in motion to FIND reasons to smear a president to hinder re-election?
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
35109 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:37 pm to
Not if Mitch McConnell says it isn't.
Posted by beachdude
FL
Member since Nov 2008
6309 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:38 pm to
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His defense of Kavanaugh...


Was the most admirable thing he’s done.
Posted by MontanaTiger
Montana
Member since Oct 2008
3940 posts
Posted on 9/29/19 at 9:47 pm to
The transcript has the entire conversation! It doesn’t matter what’s in the complaint. There was nothing wrong with the conversation.
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