On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:25:45 -0400, "Scout"
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>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 14:31:12 -0400, "Scout" wrote:
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>>>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:52:21 -0400, "Scout" wrote:
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>>>>>Further I'm utterly unaware that Mr. Ornato is under investigation for
>>>>>anything so I fail to see how what he said is at all relevant to these
>>>>>proceedings,
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>>>> Don't treat us like we're stupid.
>>>
>>>Sometimes I wonder, but clearly this "we" business does explain your odd
>>>shifts in thought and behavior.
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>> I was charitably assuming I'm not the only person who reads your
>> posts. And naturally, tossing of an insult while ignoring the content
>> of the post shows you have no supporting argument for your post. Iow,
>> you posted bs.
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>My point is that if they want to know what Trump said, they should call Mr.
>Ornato as a witness.. then that would be ACTUAL testimony.
I understand that. And if that had been the line of questioning, that
may be where they would have gone. But it seems to me that what they
were asking wasn't "what did the president do" but "what happened that
day?"
>Asking someone else what another said about Trump... well that's just
>hearsay.
Again, this isn't a trial, it's an investigation and investigators
routinely listen to and act on hearsay as leads.
>That is unless Mr. Ornato is the subject of the investigation and he's the
>one being accused of something.
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> Simple, basic rules of evidence. Something you apparently know very little
>about.
I know more than you do. I know, for example that "the rules of
evidence" apply to a trial scenario. This is not a trial.
>> Yet if this was a Clinton staffer circa 1998 you'd be crowing to the
>> heavens about how it was the most damaging testimony ever.
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>No, I wouldn't because the rule remain the same no matter who it is.
I call bullshit. Rightists in here are STILL whining about the
Clintons; Vince Foster, their investments, Benghazi (ELEVEN
investigations), Uranium and any number of "scandals" manufactured by
GOP operatives.
>If some staffer was being ask what another staffer said Clinton told them...
>it would still be hearsay evidence.
If it was at a trial.
>The rules don't change because of political affiliation.
But the complaints about the rules do.
>Maybe YOU think they should, but I demand that the rules be applied equally
>to ALL..
So do I but you and I have both seen too much hypocrisy in here to
believe it's actually going to happen.
>Otherwise, we need to eliminate the rule.
Nothing wrong with the rule. It applies in Trial, not Investigation.
>So, no, I wouldn't. You, however, might have such double standards.. Do you?
You know better. You also know that many of your compatriots on that
side of the aisle regularly practice hypocrisy. ELEVEN Benghazi
investigations and yet Republicans in the House boycotted the Jan 6
committee.
>However, that doesn't change the rules of evidence. Hearsay is hearsay and
>it doesn't matter who is it.
True, in a trial.
>>>> They aren't taking
>>>> testimony only from people under investigation, they're taking it from
>>>> everybody relevant as part of the investigation.
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>>>And what exactly do you think he's guilty of, and in what manner does his
>>>comment reflect his illegal actions?
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>> I didn't say he was guilty of anything.
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>Then her testimony, on this matter, is of no probative value and consists
>purely of hearsay.
And perfectly admissible as an investigatory statement.
> >At worst, he's an office
>> gossip. I didn't say he needed to be investigated or charged with
>> anything.
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>Then you have admitted her testimony is hearsay on what he said is hearsay
>and should not be allowed.
Should not be allowed in a trial but is and always has been allowed in
an investigation.
>> *I* said they're taking testimony from persons relevant to the
>> investigation.
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>Except she's not relevant, or at least her testimony on what Mr. Ornato
>said.. since you admit he's not being accused of anything. So it makes no
>difference what he said someone else say.. the very definition of hearsay.
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>> Since a major focus of it has been on White House
>> activities, it makes perfect sense to find out who was in the White
>> House, what they did and what they said to each other.
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>Why?
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>she said, he said, trump said.. hearsay.
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>How does that establish anything?
But for this bit, they might not think to find out more details about
Trump's behavior in the car after the Ellipse rally. It gives the
investigators reason to follow up with other questions to other
witnesses regarding the President's state of mind at the time.
What part of "this is not a trial, it's an INVESTIGATION" do you not
understand?