"5 Takeaways from Bill Barr's Heated NPR Interview: ..."

[Igel]

16. No, not as strictly.

But since hearsay is unreliable--the reason for the rule of evidence--basing Congressional formulation of policy on something that's unreliable seems in a sense worse than merely screwing up an individual's life because of confirmation bias.

They don't apply as rules. They should apply as simple common sense.

I've been dicked over by "well, the rules of evidence don't apply" sorts of logic, people hearing what somebody said somebody said, only to have the pile o' steamin' crap land on me. With "But I didn't say that" taken as confirmation, because otherwise why would I lie? (Yeah, that's the "logic".)