We've dealt with jury tampering, wiretapping, a defendant that was literally gagged, and a judge who's been handing down rulings from the bench that would be considered wrong in Honduras, so I'm a little less interested in the law than I was when this trial began.
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Abbie Hoffman Father, no!
Judge Julius Hoffman Mr. Hoffman, are you familiar with contempt of court?
Abbie Hoffman It's practically a religion for me, sir.
William Kunstler Do you know why you're on trial here?
Abbie Hoffman We carried certain ideas across state lines. Not machine guns or drugs or little girls. Ideas. When we crossed from New York to New Jersey to Pennsylvania to Ohio to Illinois, we had certain ideas. And for that, we were gassed, beaten, arrested, and put on trial.
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