OAN's Chanel Rion and Rudy Giuliani: Trump's impeachment trial is illegitimate since the prosecutors are also witnesses
Rion: “They are prosecuting a case when they themselves were the witnesses in that case. Doesn't this compromise the fairness of a real trial?”
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Citation From One America News on February 10, 2021
CHANEL RION: The first day of the unconstitutional impeachment of former president Donald J. Trump was off to an emotional start for the Democrats.
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RION: And a meandering start for Trump's defense lawyer Bruce Castor.
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RION: Castor's opening hour-long statement even caused confusion over which side he was arguing, from his lengthy praises for Democrat senators, to the odd moment he appeared to convict Trump of manslaughter.
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RION: To weigh in on all of this, we have Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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Mayor is "the counselor disaster" too harsh a term for what just -- what happened, day one?
GIULIANI: It's quite clear that Mr Castor, I believe, probably was put in at the last minute and wasn't quite prepared.
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I was very upset when -- I think I believe -- he basically said that the president's argument about the -- about fraud in the election was not., you know, really valid. I think they should put in all the evidence that they have for all of these different states that shows that when the president talks about this, whether you agree or not, the ultimate result should change. There was certainly a massive, massive amount of evidence that the press is making believe doesn't exist.
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RION: Mayor, Democrats are making this out to be like a judicial trial when there are basic rules they are breaking that would toss their case out immediately. Case in point, they are prosecuting a case when they themselves were the witnesses in that case. Doesn't this compromise the fairness of a real trial?
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GIULIANI: Let's assume this was an incitement to riot trial and a person showed up on the jury that was in the building at the time; that person would be thrown out and then disqualified immediately.