That Time Law Twitter All Gathered Round To Drag Mollie Hemmingway

I know it’s useless to point out Mollie Hemingway’s profound misunderstanding of the law, but you really only have to read the Sixth Amendment to understand why she’s wrong. https://t.co/ZM1JdR6MXi

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) November 5, 2019

/7 But let us, under Twitter Law, ignore all of that and pretend the Confrontation Clause does apply to House impeachment proceedings.

Trump’s still not entitled to identify, and cross-examine, the whistleblower unless the House consider’s the whistleblower’s testimony.

— PerhapsSoHat (@Popehat) November 5, 2019

This is false propaganda. Truth: (1) impeachment is not a criminal case to which confrontation applies, (2) witnesses are first-hand observers. Whistleblower was instead a tipster who alerted authorities of need to investigate. No need or expectation for whistleblower to testify https://t.co/MxwpIKui04

— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) November 5, 2019

The point of having whistleblower statutes is to protect anonymity for tipsters who come forward to expose fraud & waste. The right to confront witnesses applies only during trial & as to witnesses who testify against a defendant. In other words, it doesn’t apply at all here. https://t.co/PjsHz1tk1D

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) November 5, 2019