• Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Some democratic Congress folks could pull a page from the Republican playbook and just walk in with their cell phones live streaming. Except that they’re not childish idiots.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think that’s childish idiocy at all, not in this case. They are deliberately hiding the session so they can lie about what was said to smear Joe Biden.

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      1 year ago

      Washington DC has a “one-party consent” recording law. That means only one party in a conversation has to consent before recording a conversation is legal. In this case, Hunter Biden is “a party” who can consent, so can secretly and legally record.

      https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/district-columbia-recording-law

      Obligatory: I am not a lawyer.

      And yes, I’m sure there are different rules/laws for “official government business” as well.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t know. D.C. is a 1-party consent state. As long as one party in a conversation consents, isn’t is legal to record it. On the other hand, secretly recording a government proceeding has to be some sort of crime.