Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Federal Judge Instantly SHUTS DOWN Trump TALKING POINTS to Defendant’s FACE" video.
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That "hearing" with Higgins speaking just makes me wonder about the sanity of the USA. In a country with any democratic standards, he would have been shut up immediately by the chairman. Because the man is making completely unverifiable claims that should be made in a court of law, under oath, under the rule of Audi alteram partem, and in a way that gives the other party time to do their own fact finding with regards to the claims. A hearing is NOT the time to launch wild accusations, but to ask simple questions and listen to the answers. The moment Higgins refused to let the expert speak, he should have been shut up by the chairman. What is the point of a hearing if you refuse to listen to the answer? That is a violation of the principle of Audi alteram partem and thus of truth finding.
This hearing is a farce, that one would expect in a kangaroo court, not in the highest level of truth-finding in the USA. But it is all too common in congressional / senatorial committees. Committee members like Higgins are not interested in the truth, they want to grandstand and make vile accusations without any consequences if they are false.
Shameful. The USA needs to change how these hearings are held. Because this is how the People of the USA are misled. By news media that take this segment and tell it as if it is truth, which it so clearly isn't. But also in the media the accused party should have the opportunity to respond to the accusation. Audi alteram partem is also a basic journalistic principle. But journalism in the USA is just as terrible as its political system.
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