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Thoughts on the Libby trial: "Everyone agrees that Fitzgerald's perjury case against Libby hung on the testimony of NBC's Tim Russert" ... "Russert once denied calling up a Buffalo News reporter to complain about a story. Russert later apologized for the error when he was shown the evidence of a call he had genuinely and completely forgotten." ... "He stated under oath that he did not know that one may not be accompanied by a lawyer to a grand jury hearing < snip > the defense had tapes showing Russert saying on television three times that lawyers are barred from grand jury proceedings.
This demonstration of Russert's fallibility was never shown to the jury. The judge did not allow it."
A perjury case where the key witness lying or misremembering isn't allowed?
Nobody is racist like a self-identified minority groupNative Americans exclude 2,800 people from the Cherokee Nation because they apparently aren't Cherokee enough.
China's "Bamboo Network". Detailing Clinton payoffs and resulting empowerment of a potential hostile foreign power. "In fact, the evidence is persuasive that Mrs. Clinton, during her years as First Lady, knowingly facilitated the transfer of top U.S. military secrets by way of Chinese spies through their network of military and financial influence-peddlers. What China got was technology. What she, her husband and their party got in return were campaign contributions and reignited political careers. Reporters ought to remind Hillary Clinton of three names above all others -- Charlie Trie, Johnny Huang and James Riady."
This demonstration of Russert's fallibility was never shown to the jury. The judge did not allow it."
A perjury case where the key witness lying or misremembering isn't allowed?
Nobody is racist like a self-identified minority groupNative Americans exclude 2,800 people from the Cherokee Nation because they apparently aren't Cherokee enough.
China's "Bamboo Network". Detailing Clinton payoffs and resulting empowerment of a potential hostile foreign power. "In fact, the evidence is persuasive that Mrs. Clinton, during her years as First Lady, knowingly facilitated the transfer of top U.S. military secrets by way of Chinese spies through their network of military and financial influence-peddlers. What China got was technology. What she, her husband and their party got in return were campaign contributions and reignited political careers. Reporters ought to remind Hillary Clinton of three names above all others -- Charlie Trie, Johnny Huang and James Riady."