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Now that the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump seems to be moving full speed ahead, there’s a high likelihood that your conservative friends and family members have become lawyers overnight without so much as incurring a single cent of student loan debt, and they’re all too happy to grace you with their expert-level knowledge of constitutional law.
To that end, you may have heard some rumblings that the Ukraine whistleblower report is “all hearsay,” echoing Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham’s assertions that a U.S. president can’t possibly be impeached on such evidence.
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Because we’re polite, we won’t tell you that you’re wrong. Instead, we’ll let Kellyanne Conway’s husband, conservative lawyer George Conway, do it for us.
Here are his legal thoughts on the use of “hearsay” in this impeachment inquiry:
It has been a while since you’ve practiced law, so let me help:
* @realDonaldTrump’s incriminating statements are binding admissions against him and are not hearsay under Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2);
* Even if that were not so, the statements would be admissible … https://t.co/8eWOOjZUYy
— gtconway.bsky.social (@gtconway3d) September 28, 2019
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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.