One of the aspects of justice in America is the idea that the evidence against the defendant has to be revealed to the defense so that they can prepare their case. That is part of the fairness that has been injected into the American justice system. Every American is entitled to have access to the evidence against him before he is tried for a crime. Unfortunately the Democrats have chosen not to honor this principle.<\/p>\n
The Gateway Pundit<\/a> posted an article today about the latest attempt by Congressional Democrats to deny basic civil rights to President Trump. Keep in mind that if the President can be denied his civil rights, any American can also be denied those rights.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n Rep. Adam B. Schiff and his fellow colleagues on the House impeachment management team spent nearly 24 hours last week repeatedly hyping the testimony from 17 witnesses interviewed during the House\u2019s impeachment inquiry.<\/strong><\/p>\n But they seem to have forgotten all about the testimony from an 18th witness.<\/strong><\/p>\n Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community\u2019s inspector general, delivered 179-pages worth of testimony before House investigators. Atkinson, it turns out, has direct knowledge of the origins of a complaint from a whistleblower that kicked off the whole impeachment probe.<\/strong><\/p>\n While Schiff and his colleagues talk openly about the testimony of the 17 witnesses, members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence who interviewed Atkinson are not permitted to talk about the IG\u2019s testimony.<\/strong><\/p>\n But Republicans on that committee say his testimony should see the light of day.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe reason it hasn\u2019t been released is it\u2019s not helpful to Adam Schiff. It is not helpful to the whistleblower,\u201d said Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX). And Ratcliffe knows: he is among the lawmakers who attended the October interview of Atkinson. \u201cIt raises credibility issues about both of them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Schiff, Ratcliffe said, \u201cis trying to bury that transcript.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Because Atkinson\u2019s testimony has been deemed classified, only members of the House intelligence committee have seen it, and President Trump\u2019s legal team has not been allowed to view the transcript.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is denied a copy.<\/strong><\/p>\n Atkinson\u2019s interview before House lawmakers covered the origins of the whistleblower complaint that led to the two articles of impeachment, the Washington Times<\/a> reported. \u201cMr. Trump\u2019s supporters charge that the whistleblower was part of a scheme to take down the president and that the complaint was coordinated by Mr. Schiff, chairman of the intelligence committee and the lead House impeachment manager prosecuting the case.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n In a perfect world, the impeachment of President Trump would be tossed out because the President’s civil rights have been violated repeatedly. It will be interesting to see if the lack of this piece of evidence is mentioned by the President’s defense team this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the aspects of justice in America is the idea that the evidence against the defendant has to be revealed to the defense so that they can prepare their case. That is part of the fairness that has been … Continue reading