"That's true even if the evidence wouldn't support a criminal conviction or even civil liability."
The burden of proof shouldn't be as high as in a criminal case and possibly even a civil trial.
That's probably not possible here given the time elapsed and the tools available to the Judiciary Committee or even the FBI. Nor is it really required to render a political judgment.
Charges against public figures do have to meet some kind of burden of proof, even if far short of that required in a criminal trial.
There is a legitimate tension between many sexual crimes, where women have genuine reasons to delay or avoid coming forward even though the passage of time makes the allegations inherently harder to prove, and any kind of presumption of innocence for men who are accused.
One of the things that made #MeToo effective was how meticulously documented were the claims against even our most cherished celebrities and influential political leaders.
These are tough questions, yet trading Ronan Farrow's careful journalism in for partisan hit jobs doesn't seem like the right answer.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trading-metoo-for-partisan-hit-jobs/
The burden of proof shouldn't be as high as in a criminal case and possibly even a civil trial.
That's probably not possible here given the time elapsed and the tools available to the Judiciary Committee or even the FBI. Nor is it really required to render a political judgment.
Charges against public figures do have to meet some kind of burden of proof, even if far short of that required in a criminal trial.
There is a legitimate tension between many sexual crimes, where women have genuine reasons to delay or avoid coming forward even though the passage of time makes the allegations inherently harder to prove, and any kind of presumption of innocence for men who are accused.
One of the things that made #MeToo effective was how meticulously documented were the claims against even our most cherished celebrities and influential political leaders.
These are tough questions, yet trading Ronan Farrow's careful journalism in for partisan hit jobs doesn't seem like the right answer.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trading-metoo-for-partisan-hit-jobs/
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