Yeh....but it’s HIS book and HIS words and has his literary inflections. In other words...it’s not like it’s a recording or approved by GZ for that matter.
Why is MOM doing a cross? I did not hear anything of use to the prose, why open up a line for Baldo to jump on?
I’m not defending it. I’m just offering a possibility for why the testimony was not considered hearsay. As I said, IANAL. So it’s just speculation on my part.