EDITORIALS_ Jan. 6 select committee degenerates into a racket

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Jan. 6 select committee degenerates into a racket

Hearsay testimony, inadmissible in a court of law

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks with Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, after she testified as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at ... more >

Commentary

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times - Wednesday, June 29, 2022

OPINION:

The great philosopher Eric Hoffer once said: “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”

On Wednesday, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol finally reached its natural conclusion and degenerated into a racket. The special “surprise” hearing that day focused on the testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

There are several curious features of that testimony. First, Ms. Hutchinson had already offered testimony four times to the committee. Assuming that what she said in front of the cameras was not appreciably different than what she said in the previous four depositions, the committee — composed of a bunch of lawyers — must have known that almost the entire testimony was hearsay and would have been inadmissible in a court of law.

In none of the instances emphasized by the media did Ms. Hutchinson actually witness the activity to which she testified. She never heard former President Donald Trump say anything about Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6. She never saw Mr. Trump throw anything. She wasn’t in the car with Mr. Trump on Jan. 6.

Courts exclude hearsay because it makes a lot more sense for the court to get the person who actually saw or heard the action in question — rather than someone who didn’t see or hear it — testify.

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