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jrgreen73 43 points ago +52 / -9

Correct. Coomer probably said it. But coming from the mouth of another person, it's hearsay.

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Geeee 20 points ago +25 / -5

It is not hearsay, ffs. That's not what hearsay is.

You can say you said "X". I can say I heard you said "X". What is hearsay is "John told me jrgreen73 said X"

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SirPokeSmottington 4 points ago +7 / -3

That's not what hearsay is.

Literally is what hearsay is.

"coming from the mouth of another person, it's hearsay."

Literally.

hear·say
/ˈhirˌsā/
noun
information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor.

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Whoopies_tds 1 point ago +1 / -0

Eric Ciaramella has entered the chat

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lurkwellmyfriends 1 point ago +1 / -0

I believe u/Geeee 's interpretation is correct. The former is a type of "eyewitness" testimony that can be and is used in court. Ex: The USPS whistleblower who testified to overhearing his direct supervisors discussing the backdating of PA ballots. He can (and possibly did) sign an affidavit to that effect and federal inspectors came and braced him so that Adam Schiff could tweet out that the postal worker ""recanted"".

The latter from u/Geeee 's example is rumor and innuendo and has no legal basis. IANAL, of course.

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Geeee 3 points ago +3 / -0

Correct - in the last example, you need jrgreen or "John" to testify.

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HurdyGurdyHer 0 points ago +1 / -1

Literally that's not what he wrote.

Literally.

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jrgreen73 0 points ago +1 / -1

Hearsay evidence, in a legal forum, is testimony from a witness under oath who is reciting an out-of-court statement, content of which is being offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Wikipedia

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Taylor814ce 14 points ago +14 / -0

Negative. Hearsay is "I heard someone else say that they heard x, y, and z."

Ear-witness testimony is not hearsay.

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jrgreen73 0 points ago +1 / -1

Hearsay evidence, in a legal forum, is testimony from a witness under oath who is reciting an out-of-court statement, content of which is being offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted.

Wikipedia

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jrgreen73 -1 points ago +1 / -2

Hearsay evidence, in a legal forum, is testimony from a witness under oath who is reciting an out-of-court statement, content of which is being offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted.

Wikipedia

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jrgreen73 -1 points ago +1 / -2

Hearsay evidence, in a legal forum, is testimony from a witness under oath who is reciting an out-of-court statement, content of which is being offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted.

Wikipedia

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jrgreen73 10 points ago +13 / -3

I agree it's not fake news. It's just not going to do much good in court.

When I said "correct" I was not referring to GP being the CNN of the right. I was referring to it not being a quote

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

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Silver 2 points ago +2 / -0

Why do we not like Breitbart now?

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MAGA_Flocka_Flame 2 points ago +2 / -0

I’m not saying you are wrong, I just want to point out that this is still as much evidence as MSM had when they heard the president might have called some soldiers “losers” (which they had no actual evidence)

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jrgreen73 2 points ago +2 / -0

I agree with that