The Senate impeachment court on Wednesday took judicial notice of the hearings and certain records of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. In granting the prosecution's motion, Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero stressed that the judicial notice is limited to recognizing the factual existence and official character of the House committee hearings. It also covers the transcripts, audio-visual recordings, and committee reports produced during the legislative inquiry into Duterte's alleged misuse of confidential funds. In legal procedure, judicial notice means a court officially recognizes that something exists or that a fact is true without requiring a party to prove it through evidence. Ferrer also argued that the House transcripts, audio-visual recordings, and committee reports contain disputed facts that must first be authenticated and subjected to cross-examination before they can be admitted as evidence.