Adam Schiff, speaking at a US Senate hearing, says the government sent a man to a prison in El Salvador without any process at all. He adds that the response was to discipline a lawyer who told a court the truth. His answer to the climate of fear: courage.
The receipt
- Who
- Adam Schiff
- Where
- hearing - bicameral oversight hearing on the rule of law (closing remarks)
- Original footage
- The Financial Express · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 38 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
If the government of the United States can pluck a man off the street and send him to a prison in El Salvador without any kind of due process or any process whatsoever, then no one is safe. And if the government's response to that is to discipline a lawyer who dares to speak the truth to a court, then no one is safe. And the answer to this climate of fear, there really is only one answer and you're seeing it today and that is courage.
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