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Ken Starr said Democrats had not followed the rules and precedents around impeachment. Starr compared this alleged failure to follow the rules by the House of Representatives to two cheating scandals that roiled American professional sports in recent years.
“And at the foundation of those authentic forms of justice is fundamental fairness,” Starr said. “It’s playing by the rules. It’s why we don’t allow deflated footballs or stealing signs from the field. Rules are rules. They’re there to be followed. And so I submit that a key question to be asked as you begin your deliberations: Were the rules here faithfully followed?”
Republicans have accused Democrats of rushing Trump’s impeachment through the House; not giving the House GOP time to make its case during impeachment proceedings; delaying the hand-off of the impeachment articles to the Senate for political reasons; not using all the resources available to them to secure witness testimony in the House and expecting the Senate to do so instead; dismissing potential witnesses in Trump’s defense as “irrelevant”; and leaving important details out of their case to the Senate.
“Have the facts as presented to you, as a court, as the high court of impeachment, proven trustworthy?” Starr asked senators as he made his case. “Has there been full and fair disclosure in the course of these proceedings? Fundamental fairness. I recall these words from the podium last week. A point would be made by one of the president’s lawyers, and then this would follow: The House managers didn’t tell you that. Why not?”
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The original clips contained more than 13 minutes of video, this compressed version is only 9 minutes after removal of silences and pauses.
Note that last month it came to light that MLB’s Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox had each used video replay technology to steal opposing teams’ signs, which communicated what pitch the pitcher was about to throw, during their World Series seasons in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
Deflategate is the name given to a scandal involving the NFL’s New England Patriots, who used underinflated footballs during the 2015 AFC Championship Game. It was alleged the Patriots underinflated their footballs in order to make it easier for quarterback Tom Brady and his receivers to handle the footballs in the cold weather.
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