Posted on 10/10/2018 7:23:54 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said Wednesday that presumption of innocence did not apply to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh because the allegations against him were not reviewed in a courtroom.
"Now look, I don't know who wrote it, but the presumption of innocence is a valued, valued construct in a court of law," said Cuomo, a vocal critic of the Trump administration. "We were not in a court of law. This was a kangaroo court."
"This was politicians fighting over a position on the Supreme Court," he added.
Cuomo's remarks echoed comments made by some Democratic senators, such as Sen. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) during Kavanaugh's confirmation fight.
Others, such as NBC's Megyn Kelly and The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro, as well as Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), argued that the presumption of innocence should have applied to Kavanaugh given the seriousness of the allegations and the consequences for the country if unproven accusations can bring down a public figure.
Kavanaugh was accused by three women of sexual misconduct from 30 years ago, allegations he has denied.
Republican Senators who viewed the FBI's report regarding its investigation of the accusations against him said there is no corroborating evidence to support the allegations, while Democrats said the investigation was too narrow in scope.
Cuomo on Wednesday played a clip of President Trump speaking to the importance of the presumption of innocence and saying Kavanaugh was proven innocent by the FBI, media and Senate Judiciary Committee's intense scrutiny.
"It is a lie to say that the presumption of innocence applied here, because like I just said, we're not in a court," Cuomo said. "And Trump knew that this was going to be a political measure, so that's a lie."
"It's a damn lie to say that he was found innocent," Cuomo added. "We certainly don't know to any certainty that Kavanaugh was blameless on all fronts."
Kavanaugh was sworn in after he the Senate confirmed him 50 to 48 in a mostly party-line vote.
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Then the charges are slander and defamation and should be prosecuted.
Then he innocent because it was not a court case...
What a bunch of idiots.
Presumption of innocence applies to us all because we are Americans.
You don’t get to dictate what applies to whom, Mr. Cuomo.
Then the Judge is innocent because it was not a court case...
What a bunch of idiots.
So outside of a courtroom, any man can be destroyed by an accusation at any time and he has no ability to defend himself. Got it.
Do these people really believe the crap that they spew out of their mouths??
Liberals no longer believe in the age-old American principle of the presumption of innocence
That says all we need to know about them.
Trump is so far in their heads what they say coms out their rears.
Cuomo essentially parroting the same vomitus that Schumer was pushing. The Constitution says nothing about “court case(s)” when it comes to presumption of innocence.
if the presumption of innocence doesn’t apply outside courts of law, then hillary committed treason with her emails, everyone in the IRS committed felonies, the FBI/intelligence community declared surveillance war on all american citizens, and BHO was not an american citizen, and therefore not qualified to be president.
Is this guy a moron?
This Cuomo is at least as stupid as his dad and brother! I guess they do say that bad things happen in threes...
The presumption of innocence is an international human right under the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Some “citizen of the world” this guy is.
Should the MSM have a presumption of lying because they're not in a court every day on TV?
-PJ
Then he innocent because it was not a court case...
What a bunch of idiots.
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You beat me to it. They can’t have it only their way.
If there is no presumption of innocence because it’s not a court case, then there also doesn’t have to be ANYTHING to stop people from forming and voicing their OWN INDEPENDENT OPINIONS on the veracity of her accusations.
It was an interrogation worthy of the kgb. Unfair and fascist. Democrats wanted it that way and so are unworthy of governing.
Libel laws should have applied to him. For the press to assume someone is guilty without proof is an act of libel.
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