Again some allegations, such as the supposed purchase of a Toyota Land Cruiser, are matters pending before the Supreme Court which are internal to the Court and therefore beyond the jurisdiction of the Committee. Matters internal to the Court must be resolved by the Court itself and not by the House pursuant to the principle of co-equality.
As defined in case law, probable cause is the existence of such facts and circumstances as would excite the belief in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the prosecutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime for which he was prosecuted. Probable cause is a reasonable ground of presumption that a matter is, or may be, well founded on such a state of facts in the mind of the prosecutor as would lead a person of ordinary caution and prudence to believe, or entertain an honest or strong suspicion, that a thing is so. The presence or absence of probable cause to impeach the Chief Justice is what the Committee is set to establish bearing in mind the yardstick set by case law.
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