Cheney blasts Sen. Tom Cotton for criticizing Jan. 6 hearings

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) ripped Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Monday evening for his criticisms of the public hearings put on by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

“Hey @SenTomCotton – heard you on @hughhewitt criticizing the Jan 6 hearings,” Cheney tweeted. “Then you said the strangest thing; you admitted you hadn’t watched any of them.”

Cotton spoke with conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt on Monday morning, where he argued that the lack of cross-examination of witnesses in hearings concerning Jan. 6 was a departure from “Anglo-American jurisprudence.”

“I think what you’ve seen over the last few week is why Anglo-American jurisprudence going back centuries has found that adversarial inquiry, cross-examination is the best way to get at the truth,” Cotton said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cheney-blasts-sen-tom-cotton-225707418.html

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Hey Cotton brain

Aren’t cross examinations only for actual court trials? These are hearings presenting facts via witness testimony. Not trials.

[mahina]

2. What the actual f is "Anglo American jurisprudence"?

Tell us you’re a freaking racist without saying you’re a racist!

[meadowlander]

7. Graeco-Roman jurisprudence

for the racist and historically ignorant.

[mahina]

8. If he had said that, that would've made sense

I wish he had.

[JHB]

9. Cotton's fluff aside, I think he means "as opposed to French jurisprudence"

I'm not really clear on it myself, so I will happily take correction, but my shaky understanding is that in the French system the task of the judges is to get to the bottom of things, not preside over the arguments of the prosecution vs the defense.

All of which is moot in this case, because the committee is not a court.

[kentuck]

3. Kinzinger really hammered him on CNN earlier...

He said Cotton thought he was "cool"...

[maxsolomon]

4. Its not a trial, you malignant clown.

It's a congressional investigation.

Bad Faith is the foundation of the GQP.

[gratuitous]

5. You know this isn't a criminal proceeding, right Tom?

These are hearings held by a House special committee. You do know that, right Tom? I suppose your ignorance is understandable, since you're just a Senator and haven't watched any of the hearings.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. Here's Trump with Tom Cotton (Candy).

[Norbert]

10. Cotton should have been brought up on charges for violating the Logan Act

with his letter to Iran during the Obama Presidency.

Cotton really needs to STFU.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. That was my exact first thought, too! Where were the repercussions??!