I am living in a successful part of the country devoid of animosity towards my fellow citizens.
What I am feeling is pity and sadness that there is a large enough portion of the country that is so disaffected that they would fall for such an obvious con when they are the ones who are going to get hurt the most by it.
That’s the exactly the legal definition of hearsay.
Let me give you a real-life example.
A friend of mine of had been in an abusive relationship for a couple of years. She told me about it around two years ago when I noticed bruises on her arm.
About six months ago, things finally came to a head, she called the cops and he was arrested for assaulting her, and that relationship was finally over.
His trial happened last week, and I testified as a witness.
I was only allowed to testify that I saw bruises on her arm. I was not allowed to testify as to what she told me when I asked her about them.
Repubs have proven for quite some time now that they lack the integrity and guts to stand up to Trump because of the rightwing media, which is really what they’re afraid of, not Trump.
If that testimony is used as evidence that the sky was, in fact, blue at that moment - it is hearsay (interestingly enough, this particular example fits within one of the Hearsay Rule’s exceptions as an immediately verifiable fact, since Barr could immediately look out the window to confirm it)
Hearsay is a statement that: (1) was not made while testifying at the current trial or hearing; and (2) a party offers in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted in the statement.