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Here is the testimony of the ACLU for this trial, if you're curious about it. I watched it live and was beside myself. There are a lot more shenanigans than listed in the article. It's important to listen to the actual words spoken and changes in voice, see the facial expressions, watch the dancing around the questions, hear the contradictions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRkLmKJCKbw



The video is about the length of a feature film. Any particular timestamps that you might want viewers to pay attention to?


It really sucks that our entire legal system is completely ineffective if someone is good enough at lying.


Just look at the 'good faith' allowances granted when government officials violate the legal system's own laws and requirements. Not only is it ineffective if someone is good at lying, it just voids it's own laws and requirements if the liar is a government official because 'good faith'.


And doesn't keep/already destroyed records, per Jan 6th investigation.


You can impeach someone and/or offer up other witnesses to chip away at a liar's credibility. "Good enough" doesn't come close to describing the level of deception necessary to render our entire legal system completely ineffective.


The legal system fails in cases such as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30838149, with motivated convincing liars and/or corruption. Is there a better alternative?


Which is pretty much the job definition of an actor...




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