Monday, May 31, 2021

Sen. Gillibrand explains

CNN's Jake Tapper interviews New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand here about her proposed military justice reform legislation.

"[Sen. Jack Reed's] insistence on narrowing this bill to one crime -- the crime of sexual assault -- you're going to basically break apart the criminal justice system within the military. You're going to create one set of justice for one set of plaintiffs and defendants and the rest for everybody else. It's not fair," she told Tapper.

"Women will use this court. It will become a pink court and destabilize and make, unfortunately, a mockery of the entire criminal justice system," Gillibrand said, noting that while men also experience sexual assault within the military, they're less likely to come forward with claims.

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