After all, it's only a perjury trap if you commit perjury.
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Lewinsky was "facing federal charges of perjury and subornation of perjury," Starr writes — and she lost it.
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More is required to support a perjury charge, and even when the additional elements are present, perjury is rarely prosecuted.
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Are you reviewing the contradictory statements made by James Comey on key issues for possible perjury or referral for perjury?
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"If Sessions-Kislyak story is true, it shows Sessions didn't just commit perjury, he committed big time perjury," he tweeted.
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"The best way to avoid a perjury trap is not to commit perjury," Elie Honig, a former federal prosecutor, told CNN's Brooke Baldwin on Wednesday.
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He faces 2 counts of felony obstruction of justice, perjury, solicitation to commit perjury, conspiracy to obstruct justice and illegal possession of absentee ballots, according to NPR.
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Hypothetically, the Republican Senate could, even in the face of clear proof of perjury, refuse to seek a criminal referral of Donald Jr.'s perjury charges for trial.
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While the evidence of perjury was overwhelming, and a federal court affirmed that Clinton committed perjury, Democratic House members voted as a bloc and refused to impeach or convict him.
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"If it were White House staffers who were helping him prepare, I suppose it's possible they could be charged with conspiracy to commit perjury and/or aiding perjury," Chafetz says.
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This is raw intelligence -- because he was risking perjury.
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First, if the prosecutor can prove that the medic lied on the stand, then he can charge the medic with perjury (indeed, Gallagher's prosecutors are considering a perjury charge against the medic).
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One potential witness told the government, according to the filing, that "he understood Manafort's outreach to be an effort to 'suborn perjury'" — that is, an attempt to persuade that witness to commit perjury.
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Former President Bill Clinton, for example, was impeached on articles of perjury and obstruction of justice, but he was cleared on a separate perjury-related article and a charge of abusing his office.
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Whether any of that would amount to perjury seems unlikely.
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He himself has filed perjury charges in two pending cases.
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That is why perjury and obstruction of justice are crimes.
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Judge Kavanaugh forcefully denied the allegations under penalty of perjury.
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Mueller is clearly setting in that case a perjury trap.
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But the only criminal charge that resulted was for perjury.
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Davis was also charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Most notably, Trump appears to suggest that Comey committed perjury.
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He has committed perjury (at least) in the Jones case.
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Mueller, they argued, could be setting a trap for perjury.
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A judge later reaffirmed that his testimony was obvious perjury.
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The ACLU requested that the FBI investigate Sessions for perjury.
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Judge Kavanaugh forcefully denied the allegations under penalty of perjury.
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"Perjury of penalty" is enough to trust Judge, Cornyn said.
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Last month, Detective Foder was indicted on federal perjury charges.
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Mr. Peterson was also charged with culpable negligence and perjury.
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Why didn't more of those denials lead to perjury prosecutions?
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Perjury cases against congressional witnesses are famously difficult to prosecute.
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So supporting perjury and tampering with witnesses and obstructing justice.
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Any type of lying in a civil case is perjury.
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But do Kavanaugh's inaccurate statements rise to the level of perjury?
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But again, does it rise to the high level of perjury?
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His lawyers argued he would still be vulnerable to perjury charges.
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Now, he faces charges including child neglect, perjury and culpable negligence.
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" On Monday, Clinton signed the legal filing "under penalty of perjury.
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We are not letting the president walk into a perjury trap.
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The suggestions that Sessions committed perjury are far-fetched and unsupported.
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Sessions would call for a criminal investigation with possible perjury charges.
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the aforementioned is true.
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Four days later, he learned that he'd been indicted for perjury.
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He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice and to perjury.
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In the 1990s, he was convicted of fraud and felony perjury.
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Moreover, any sworn testimony with prosecutors is a potential perjury trap.
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In those situations, the offenses were related to bribery and perjury.
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"She was trapped into perjury," Giuliani said of the Stewart case.
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And now he is threatening here-- (CROSSTALK) HANNITY: A perjury trap.
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Charges: Obstruction of justice, false statements and two counts of perjury.
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This is moving into perjury, false statements, and even potentially treason.
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Legal experts have said that making a perjury case against Mrs.
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"If I'm lying, you can sue me for perjury," he said.
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Perjury would be a perfectly justifiable, and constitutional, basis for impeachment.
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For Clinton, he was accused of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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The one who's committed perjury should not be walking the streets.
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Presidential suborning of perjury is itself most likely an impeachable offense.
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Stone was indicted on unrelated obstruction and perjury charges by Mueller.
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More importantly, the statement in the Clinton case referred to perjury.
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Cohen is under oath, and lying to Congress would constitute perjury.
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Clinton was impeached on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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That set in motion his impeachment on the grounds of perjury.
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"There is a very big difference in perjury about a marital infidelity in a divorce case and perjury about whether I bought the murder weapon or whether I concealed the murder weapon or not," he said.
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Former President Bill Clinton, for example, was impeached on articles of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice, but he was cleared on a separate perjury-related article and a charge of abusing his office.
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The most serious charge of perjury is unrelated to the sex scandal.
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And if you want to be OK with perjury that&aposs fine.
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Perjury, on the other hand, is a crime, and a serious allegation.
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The special prosecutor's primary focus will be on whether Lau committed perjury.
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"So, there is a potential for finding perjury," Hirono said this week.
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He'd pleaded guilty to 11 counts of money laundering, perjury, falsifying documents.
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Lee, who has denied wrongdoing, is also accused of embezzlement and perjury.
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A jury found Kane guilty of felony counts of perjury and obstruction.
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Outside court, he suggested that Evans should be prosecuted criminally for perjury.
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Justin Amash, a Michigan Republican, flat-out accused Clapper of committing perjury.
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Clinton agreed to testify and was later accused of perjury and obstruction.
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Of course, suborning perjury is a form of seeking to obstruct justice.
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And perhaps expect to spring a couple of perjury traps on him.
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Perjury is an offence liable to imprisonment of up to fourteen years.
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Any assertion to the contrary to the Grand Jury would be perjury.
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That does not mean that you inevitably will be charged with perjury.
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It's about process crimes and perjury traps, and I decline to participate.
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He was convicted of passing a worthless check, perjury and felony fraud.
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States and charged with multiple counts of immigration fraud and perjury. After
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Those descriptions are difficult to use as a basis for perjury alone.
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It's very rare for these kinds of perjury cases to move forward.
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Cohen's testimony alone, however, would be insufficient to support a perjury conviction.
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But what Trump is describing above isn't a perjury trap at all.
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To be convicted of perjury, an "intent" to deceive must be proven.
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The investigation into Sessions and his possible perjury is only just beginning.
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The issue, however, is not perjury or partying, but honesty and integrity.
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The Supreme Court will be left under another cloud of possible perjury.
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If this was not perjury, it was a breathtaking lapse in judgement.
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L'Italien says Thomas committed perjury during the hearings by lying under oath.
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Clinton was tried for alleged criminal conduct, perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said Monday night when asked about potential perjury.
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Perjury isn't the only legal trap Trump's legal team must worry about.
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And, Mueller alleges, Person D1 thought Manafort was trying to suborn perjury.
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McKinsey's filings, sworn under penalty of perjury, looked complete on the outside.
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The case raised troubling questions about the prevalence of police perjury, particularly because a gun arrest which Mr. Desormeau and his partner made in Manhattan less than three months later became the subject of additional charges, including perjury.
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Two (a perjury count and an "abuse of office" count) were voted down, but the other two (one perjury count and one obstruction of justice count) were approved, though with overwhelmingly Republican votes and just a handful of Democrats.
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" As New York magazine's Matt Stieb explains, it's unlikely that Barr committed perjury because "the legal purview of perjury is incredibly narrow, and Barr had most likely worded his response in a way that would avoid such a charge.
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They don&apost care, those prosecutors about the rule of law and perjury.
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Perjury, the only felony charged, can bring up to seven years in prison.
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Officer Encinia was charged with perjury, but a judge later overturned the charge.
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Mueller&aposs original questions are completely ridiculous and insane, obviously a perjury trap.
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Equally clear (if possible, more so) it's suborning perjury, also a felony. Yes.
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But if he says them under oath, they could charge him with perjury.
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But no lawyer is going to walk his client into a perjury trap.
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Dolezal is also charged with perjury and making false verification for public assistance.
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The transcripts could help Mueller determine if there were any instances of perjury.
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Well, the third time is well beyond that and is quite simply, perjury.
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However, Whitehouse said accusing Sessions of perjury during his confirmation hearing is premature.
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Kathleen G. Kane goes on trial today in a perjury and obstruction case.
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The court also found Lee guilty of hiding assets abroad, embezzlement and perjury.
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"The man never asked for a pardon — perjury," the Trump's attorney told Hill.
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Technically speaking, Stewart was not convicted of perjury, which is lying under oath.
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So Clinton lied under oath, lied to federal investigators, and allegedly suborned perjury.
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Meanwhile, other states allow people to swear their citizenship under penalty of perjury.
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Would you say Jeff Sessions committed perjury, or is there some wiggle room?
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Testifying under oath before a grand jury makes subjects vulnerable to perjury charges.
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Cornyn pointed out Judge has already denied Ford's account under penalty of perjury.
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Now the witness may face court-martial himself, on a charge of perjury.
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Evan Mecham, a Republican, who was later impeached over fraud and perjury allegations.
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The prosecutors on Sunday also raised the possibility of charging Flynn with perjury.
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It also convicted him of embezzlement, hiding assets overseas and perjury, Yonhap reported.
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The issue in the Clinton case was whether perjury was an impeachable offense.
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And as Vox's Tara Golshan has reported, questions of perjury are equally opaque.
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For one, the standard for perjury has an "excruciatingly high bar," Levinson said.
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Clinton's perjury in a deposition in that case ultimately led to his impeachment.
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As Slate noted earlier this year, the Zervos defamation lawsuit "is daring Trump to incriminate himself in court" and to fall into the same perjury trap Bill Clinton did in the Paula Jones case — perjury which led to Clinton's impeachment.
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Because a perjury trap is framing and that&aposs the title of your book.
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And then Towne sought a special prosecutor to press the perjury charges against her.
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But "suggests the contrary" would be a rather feeble basis for a perjury charge.
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It's why perjury must remain a crime that is often threatened but rarely prosecuted.
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According to researchers, the attorney's false statement either amounts to perjury or gross incompetence.
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That'll be $10,000 (and it's relatively easy to accidentally commit perjury as a notary).
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He'll have to talk about how much he's actually worth under penalty of perjury.
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Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice, but the Senate acquitted him.
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Perjury. GOYLE: And this network was very supportive of that notion, so what changed?
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He went to talk to the grand jury and he was convicted of perjury.
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HEMMER: If you sit for an interview, you could walk into a perjury trap.
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Manning contends prosecutors subpoenaed her for the wrong reasons to create a perjury trap.
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House seat in 2010, was charged with perjury, though the jury acquitted him in
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It&aposs a perjury trap even though the president cannot be indicted for anything.
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In the end, the NFL star was acquitted and Fuhrman was tried for perjury.
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Now, this to me is an obvious perjury trap being set by partisan investigators.
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Encinia was indicted on a perjury charge, and authorities began terminations proceedings shortly after.
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Claimants already sign a waiver saying their claim is real under penalty of perjury.
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Deguito's lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio, said she had no idea who filed the perjury case.
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She has been charged with welfare fraud, perjury, and false verification for public assistance.
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A Superior Court decision in January threw out charges of perjury, obstruction and conspiracy.
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The two felony perjury charges alone each carry up to seven years in prison.
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If so, Mueller's testimony about the issue is fraught with cover-up and perjury.
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Why do they insist on muzzling women with information submitted under penalty of perjury?
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Most people aren't going to commit perjury just because you give them free blow.
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And perjury can be in the mind's eye of the prosecutor, it's very dangerous.
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Where he says something that is contradicted by something and they call it perjury.
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" Mr. Friedman told investigators that he considered the messages an effort to "suborn perjury.
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I'm no legal scholar, but I believe that Judge Kavanaugh committed perjury under oath.
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Earlier this week, an investigator for Ms. Gardner's office was indicted on perjury charges.
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Mr. Dowless was convicted of felony perjury and insurance fraud in the early 1990s.
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Obstruction usually takes the form of corrupting evidence, like destroying documents or suborning perjury.
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In May, he was charged with perjury and could face five years in prison.
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The vote on article one, perjury, was 45 to convict versus 55 to acquit.
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Those lawyers have said Mr. Mueller is setting a perjury trap for Mr. Trump.
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He acknowledged that such blatant acts as destroying evidence and encouraging perjury were impermissible.
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If they then refuse to testify or commit perjury, then they can be prosecuted.
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By then, though, potential perjury charges were merely one among many worries for Nielsen.
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By then, though, potential perjury charges were merely one among many worries for Nielsen.
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If so, that would be an accusation of perjury, because Comey testified under oath.
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"If [Barr] were an ordinary citizen, it might be considered perjury," tweeted California Rep.
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"If this is true, this is plain, slam-dunk, criminal obstruction of justice (18 U.S.C. 1505, 1512), subornation of perjury (18 U.S.C. 1622), conspiracy (18 U.S.C. 371) and likely aiding and abetting perjury (18 U.S.C. 2)," he added on Twitter Friday morning. Rep.
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Gallagher's attorney, Tim Parlatore, criticized the Navy on Wednesday for considering perjury charges against Scott.
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The following describes the crime of perjury and whether it would apply to Sessions' conduct.
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Giuffre alleges that Dershowitz knowingly made false assertions that she committed perjury by accusing him.
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The probe could include perjury and obstruction of justice claims, according to a court filing.
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After all, this was one of the charges brought against Clinton (the other was perjury).
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" Credico told Stone that Stone had opened himself "up to perjury charges like an idiot.
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Kavanaugh's testimony on the latter matter would lead some Democrats to accuse him of perjury.
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The announcement comes a day after Kane was convicted on charges of perjury and obstruction.
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All of these contradictions raise the possibility that Prince could face legal jeopardy for perjury.
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Prosecutors say he urged 2 witnesses in his case to commit perjury in his defense.
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If true, this constitutes the offense of suborning perjury, a serious felony of its own.
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They're now investigating him and seeing if there's a case to do him for perjury.
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You want to get him under oath and you want to trap him into perjury?
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But we are just not going to subject them to what we call perjury traps.
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You are trying to trap him into perjury because you don&apost have a case.
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The court jailed Lee for five years for bribery, hiding assets abroad, embezzlement and perjury.
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You want to get him under oath because you want to trap him into perjury.
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You are trying to trap him into perjury because they don&apost have a case.
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He faces five counts of perjury and one count of defaulting on a restitution obligation.
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Besides the perjury count, Courser faces three misconduct in office charges, while Gamrat faces two.
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He basically lays out the perjury trap theory and that&aposs what&aposs going on.
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In 2008, Madoff was charged with 11 counts of fraud, money laundering, perjury, and theft.
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The impeachment centered on the question of whether a president could be impeached for perjury.
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Investigators asked parliament to file perjury charges against Lee, though they did not explain why.
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Stone warned Credico he would get "indicted for perjury" because he could contradict Stone's testimony.
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Starr eventually outlined 11 possible grounds for impeaching Clinton, including perjury and obstruction of justice.
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They were made in court proceedings while under oath with the threat of perjury looming.
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And in fact, the scenario Trump lays out isn't even close to a perjury trap.
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The general sense was that if Sessions didn't commit outright perjury, he came uncomfortably close.
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Simply making a false statement to Congress isn't enough to make you guilty of perjury.
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But if Sessions didn't cross the perjury line, he definitely walked right up to it.
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Evan Mecham of Arizona, a Republican, who was later impeached over fraud and perjury allegations.
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Under the new law, voting with any outstanding fines could lead to a perjury charge.
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One witness told the F.B.I. that Mr. Manafort was trying to "suborn perjury," prosecutors said.
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He is charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, and perjury, according to Cleveland police.
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The perjury box is proving equally difficult for both parties to resist, despite many warnings.
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The reference on Wednesday to possible perjury charges against Mr. Lee stemmed from that testimony.
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The Republican-controlled body filed one charge of perjury and one of obstruction of justice.
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St. Louis prosecutors say the case was also marred by other perjury and prosecutorial misconduct.
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If he made false or misleading statements to investigators … those could support claims of perjury.
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In them, Dershowitz again accused Boies and his associates of plotting extortion and encouraging perjury.
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Donald Trump has committed crimes and misdemeanors that far outweigh Mr. Clinton's relatively insignificant perjury.
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In 2018, Trump pardoned Libby, who was convicted in 2007 for perjury and obstructing justice.
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Ms. Chernykh pleaded last month to conspiracy, perjury and two counts of making false statements.
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The two other articles, another perjury count and an abuse of office count, were rejected.
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Many of Kavanaugh's comments were seen as too fuzzy to actually pursue any perjury prosecution.
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This comes two weeks after Corsi claimed he was about to be indicted for perjury.
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Michael Cohen's book manuscript shows that he committed perjury on a scale not seen before.
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The Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland after a traffic stop was charged with perjury.
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In-The-Know: Kathleen Kane, the Pennsylvania attorney general convicted of perjury and conspiracy charges, resigned.
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According to The Guardian, David Henry was being charged with impersonating a police officer, and perjury.
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Perjury prosecutions based on congressional testimony are rare, in part because lawmakers often ask circuitous questions.
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But perjury is a serious crime, provable only by evidence that someone intentionally lied under oath.
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In addition to contempt of Congress, Lavelle was charged with perjury and interfering with congressional investigations.
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At one point, Jeffries reminded the sisters that they were under oath under penalty of perjury.
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Dominic Rinaldi, a State Supreme Court justice in Brooklyn, was also indicted for perjury but acquitted.
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In New York, perjury is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum prison sentence of one year.
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"We're not going to sit him down if it's a trap for perjury," Giuliani said Sunday.
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But hearing them made openly before Congress, under penalty of perjury, crystallised how extraordinary they are.
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For example, I say it&aposs a perjury trap, here&aposs the question, I&aposm Mueller.
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" On words like "treason" and "perjury" being thrown around: "I think those new words are ridiculous.
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BREAM: And Tom, that is what his team is worried about, the so called perjury trap.
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It also starts to bleed into Trump's more bombastic allegations, most notably that Comey committed perjury.
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Such a probe could include perjury and obstruction of justice claims, according to a court filing.
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Trump may or may not have suborned perjury, and he may or may not be impeached.
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The law requires that voting registrants swear under penalty of perjury that they are American citizens.
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Clapper was made a CNN contributor after the statute of limitations expired on his alleged perjury.
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Some Clinton opponents are now predictably grasping at the last resort: an attempted charge of perjury.
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This doesn't necessarily mean Barr committed perjury, as some lawmakers suggested after Mueller's letter became public.
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He was impeached in the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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He was charged with perjury related to the incident, but the charges were dropped in 2017.
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Kavanaugh's evasiveness during the hearing never quite reached the threshold of committing perjury, despite their claims.
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Prosecutors were investigating Scott for perjury, but Richardson blocked prosecutors from taking any action against him.
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Perjury is only that which differs from Weissmann's "view" of the "evidence" — not the actual truth.
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"They can say it's perjury if they elect to believe Comey instead of Trump," Giuliani said.
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Witnesses testify under oath and knowingly making a material false statement could result in perjury charges.
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Perjury investigations based on congressional referrals are common, and the F.B.I. frequently investigates but seldom charges.
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A day later, Mr. Trump stepped into the Rose Garden and accused Mr. Comey of perjury.
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An indictment unsealed on Tuesday charges Detective Foder with perjury and obstruction of an official proceeding.
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The dismissal of the perjury charge was tied to an agreement prosecutors had with Mr. Encinia.
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He voted "guilty" for the obstruction of justice article, and "not guilty" for the perjury article.
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Two other articles, alleging abuse of power and further perjury, fail to garner a simple majority.
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Clinton and much of her senior campaign staff to pedophilia, money laundering, perjury and other felonies.
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Currently, voters without identification may sign an affidavit swearing to their identity, under penalty of perjury.
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In 1998, the House approved articles charging President Bill Clinton with perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Clearly, much will spill from the perjury jar if it is smashed after the midterm elections.
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Mr. Ray testified against Mr. DiTommaso in a 2012 perjury trial related to the renovation scandal.
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Tokyo prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for his wife, Carol Ghosn, for alleged perjury.
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It voted down the articles on perjury in the Paula Jones case and abuse of power.
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But while the official charge was perjury, Clinton was really mired in an extramarital affair scandal.
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With Clinton, there was an act of perjury that even his supporters acknowledged was a felony.
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Two other counts, of perjury and abuse of power, failed in votes on the House floor.
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The complainant is often charged with a crime similar to filing a false report or perjury.
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He was convicted on four of five counts, including false statements, perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Perjury is traditionally viewed by the law as a crime that has to be proven explicitly.
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Though voters may believe Sessions lied under oath, a perjury charge will be difficult to bring.
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Section 1621 covers general perjury, and stipulates that anyone who "willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true" is guilty of perjury and shall be fined or imprisoned up to five years, or both.
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Additionally, if Manafort is pardoned, he would almost immediately be required by Mueller to testify before a grand jury, under penalty of perjury, and would have to testify truthfully, or he would be indicted for new crimes of perjury that would not be covered by the pardon.
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But any limits the judge may place on attorney-client discussions between Covington and Flynn "should not, however, preclude the government from prosecuting the defendant for perjury if any information that he provided to counsel were proof of perjury in this proceeding," the prosecutors wrote on Sunday.
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And among those things: "suborning perjury," which is to say, encouraging a witness to lie under oath.
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He also faces three charges of culpable negligence, second-degree misdemeanors and perjury, a first-degree misdemeanor.
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Papadopoulos, apparently, never even committed perjury about when he said he met this so-called Russian professor.
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Petry, the party leader, is presently under investigation for perjury related to donations made during state elections.
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"Based on all the testimony so far, I believe that Ambassador Gordon Sondland committed perjury," tweeted Rep.
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Peterson has been charged with seven counts of felony neglect of a child, culpable negligence and perjury.
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Lee faces formal charges of bribery, perjury, embezzlement, hiding assets abroad, and concealing profit from criminal acts.
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This is about a conspiracy to commit perjury before Congress about matters that go to national security.
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Peterson is facing charges including culpable negligence, perjury and multiple counts of felony neglect of a child.
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Samsung's vice-chairman and presumed future leader won't face arrest for suspicion of bribery, embezzlement, and perjury.
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"That's perjury," said Paul Wallin, a defense attorney who's been dealing in such cases for 35 years.
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Congress typically refers a possible case of perjury or making a false statement to the Justice Department.
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He's being indicted on 83 counts of fraud, perjury, failure to pay taxes and other financial crimes.
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Three weeks later, 10 Republicans joined all 45 Democrats to acquit Mr. Clinton on the perjury charge.
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"Based on all the testimony so far, I believe that Ambassador Gordon Sondland committed perjury," Castro tweeted.
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The last president to be impeached was Bill Clinton, in 1998, on charges of perjury and obstruction.
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Police served an arrest warrant related to a perjury case filed by former RCBC president Lorenzo Tan.
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House Democrats are now pursuing a formal deposition of Whitaker as they scrutinize whether he committed perjury.
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But the reality is, you can be accused of perjury when you are telling the absolute truth.
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A special prosecutor is looking into perjury allegations in connection with a taped police interview of McCullough.
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But a person who commits perjury in Mississippi could be permanently barred from casting a ballot there.
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The August 1998 exchange yielded what Starr would ultimately characterize as three lies -- or instances of perjury.
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Gonzales found himself a regular at congressional hearings and testified in a manner that flirted with perjury.
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He could be charged with perjury, obstruction of justice or failure to comply with the order, though.
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Kane, who has denied wrongdoing and refused to resign, is charged with perjury, obstruction and other counts.
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Prosecutors accuse Lee of embezzlement, perjury, hiding assets abroad and concealing profit gained from criminal acts. on.wsj.
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His attorneys Rudy Giuliani, and Jay Sekulow believe that could set up a series of perjury traps.
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Lawyers for Trump evidently delayed submission of his answers due to concerns over possible "perjury trap" questions.
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Thus, the average illegal alien routinely commits multiple felonies –forgery, Social Security fraud, identity theft, and perjury.
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That would be a federal crime and could be viewed as subornation of perjury and witness tampering.
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If Trump lies under oath or suborns perjury by others, the president should be impeached, no question.
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The bad news is that, in making those claims, he opens himself up to charges of perjury.
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That still makes it untruthful, but in Washington, people like Clapper do not get indicted for perjury.
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"Ultimately, whether or not he committed perjury, will be again, I believe, Bob Mueller's call," Franken said.
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"Michael Cohen's book manuscript shows that he committed perjury on a scale not seen before," Trump wrote.
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This nettlesome matter of perjury finally persuaded the Rhode Island Supreme Court to overturn Lerner's murder conviction.
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Clinton, even as Republicans in Congress pressed their public case for her to be charged with perjury.
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" The Democratic position on corruption, perjury, and obstruction of justice now appears to be "trust the process.
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He was acquitted of charges of perjury and obstruction following a five-week Senate trial in 1999.
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He was advised that he faces three charges of perjury for making false statements to the FBI.
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Several of his lawyers fear a sit-down would open the president up to a perjury charge.
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Mr. Costello's flash drive would not only free his cousin, but eventually convict the detective of perjury.
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Trooper Encinia was indicted on a charge of perjury, the only criminal charge arising from the case.
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"We can't have people being indicted for perjury for just a little white lie," Mr. Arlia said.
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Judge Kavanaugh will be subject to penalty of perjury on Thursday, just as Dr. Blasey will be.
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Second, Democrats had accepted that Clinton committed felony perjury about an affair with a White House intern.
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The jury convicted Kane on charges of perjury, false swearing, obstruction of justice, official oppression and conspiracy.
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An undisclosed contact is not simply potential grounds for perjury, it's potential blackmail material for foreign adversaries.
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He concluded that the president had committed grand jury perjury and obstructed justice to cover his lies.
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Mr. Clinton was impeached, but acquitted in the Senate on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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In January he asked the FBI to open a perjury investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
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Over a series of text messages, Credico confronted Stone on asking him to cover Stone's alleged perjury.
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Elijah Cummings refer Cohen to DOJ for potential perjury charges over his statements about a presidential pardon?
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That legal fight prompted the Superior Court decision that threw out several charges, including perjury and obstruction.
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Clinton was impeached for perjury and for obstruction of justice for lying about his relationship with Lewinsky.
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Sondland submitted new testimony last week, however, following rumblings among Democrats that he might have committed perjury.
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He pleaded "no contest" to a perjury charge that he lied in court about using the slur.
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Mr. MacGregor was also charged with perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury about the episode.
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Walter Nixon was removed in 1989, three years after receiving a five-year prison sentence for perjury.
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Cohen knows how much trouble this could land him in, since he's already been convicted of perjury.
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He was charged with perjury for allegedly lying while giving testimony to a House committee, Schuette's office said.
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I guarantee you you are the one who gets indicted for perjury if you're stupid enough to testify.
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To prove perjury, a prosecutor must show that false statements were made with the specific intent to mislead.
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The boyfriend has pleaded not guilty, and the case is pending -- as are the perjury charges against Ajster.
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Police said on Wednesday they were investigating allegations against Mkhwebane of perjury and defeating the ends of justice.
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It said on Friday it will indict him on charges including bribery, embezzlement, hiding assets overseas and perjury.
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Other charges include unlawful use and possession of firearms, causing death through use of a firearm and perjury.
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Encinia was fired as a state trooper after Bland's death and indicted by a grand jury for perjury.
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The jury found her guilty of the perjury and impeding charges but acquitted her of the contempt count.
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Perjury before Congress is a crime punishable by up to five years in prison and a possible fine.
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has resigned following her conviction Monday on perjury and obstruction charges, PEOPLE confirms.
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Mr Trump pardoned Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, who was convicted in 2007 of perjury.
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Lee spent much of the year in custody, and was convicted of perjury, embezzlement, and bribery in August.
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First, if two or more persons conspired to suborn perjury, they could be charged under the conspiracy statute.
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Second, federal courts have held that subornation of perjury can serve as the basis of an obstruction charge.
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Hearings were also held during impeachment proceedings against President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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The arresting officer called Bland "combative and uncooperative" in the arrest warrant, but was later indicted for perjury.
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That played into the multiple charges of perjury and obstruction of justice that Starr levied against the President.
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They could put a fingerprint on a form on which they attest their identity under penalty of perjury.
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"I'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so he gets trapped into perjury," Giuliani said.
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He was tried by the Department of Justice for 11 counts of fraud, money laundering, perjury, and theft.
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Clinton was impeached on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with his affair with Lewinsky.
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Even if the perjury allegations don't save Trump, they could help down-ballot Republicans fighting against the current.
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In order to commit perjury — which is a felony — a person must be proved to have lied willfully.
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David Turpin also faces one count of a lewd act on a child and eight counts of perjury.
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Plaintiffs' lawyers also manipulate claims and even suborn perjury in order to drive up the value of settlements.
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Corsi could face any number of charges -- spanning from perjury to making false claims to obstruction of justice.
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The House Judiciary Committee is expected to hold a hearing next month on allegations that Clinton committed perjury.
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Garcia Luna, in a written statement, said the accusations were "defamation" and "perjury" and made without any proof.
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His lying about their affair ultimately led to his impeachment on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, directly asked Barr whether persuading anybody to commit perjury would be obstruction of justice.
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But Mr. Swindall's political career crumbled in 1988 under the cloud of an indictment charging him with perjury.
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His father was indicted over accusations of perjury in a municipal corruption scandal in 1981 but never convicted.
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Prosecutors charged him in a 24-count indictment that includes perjury in the first degree and official misconduct.
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Lawyers for Mr. Greitens then filed a complaint accusing Mr. Tisaby of perjury with the St. Louis police.
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In January, Mr. Desormeau was convicted of perjury after a trial in that case and sentenced to probation.
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A few months later, he said he wanted to personally investigate the problem of perjury by the police.
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But she used her full name to sign an affidavit attesting to her recollections under penalty of perjury.
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He is charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, and perjury, according to a statement from Cleveland police.
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Witnesses who testify before Congress swear an oath to tell the truth under the penalty of perjury charges.
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David Safavian is a Republican lawyer who was convicted of perjury in connection with the Abramoff corruption scandal.
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Bill Clinton, for instance, was impeached for the high crimes and misdemeanors of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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The lawyer, Robert Luskin, also represented the Republican strategist Karl Rove and likely spared him a perjury charge.
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Ryan Goodman, a law professor at NYU, said "this kind of perjury may be easier to prove," however.
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"She cannot admit she lied because doing so admits perjury to Congress," said Matt Mackowiak, a Republican strategist.
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When the prosecutor explains that she could be found guilty of perjury, Sarah says that Grace killed Shannon.
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At the time of his release, he had served two-thirds of a nine-year sentence for perjury.
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Dershowitz, in interviews, ignored this interpretation and said that he hoped that Giuffre would be investigated for perjury.
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The House passed two articles of impeachment against Clinton for perjury before a grand jury and obstructing lawsuits.
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The House impeached Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice, though the Senate later voted to acquit him.
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Other charges against him include embezzlement, illegal transfer of property abroad and committing perjury during a parliamentary hearing.
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Misconduct, such as hiding evidence, tampering with witnesses or perjury, may also have contributed to the racial disparity.
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The charges include 7 counts of child neglect, 3 counts of culpable negligence and one count of perjury.
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There is little indication that federal prosecutors believe he committed perjury in his statements about the judicial memos.
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If Trump is deposed and lies under oath, he could be impeached for perjury just as Clinton was.
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"" Taken literally, that denial is an accusation of perjury, because Mr Comey was speaking under oath to the Senate.
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HANNITY: You know, the case in Great Britain under the threat of perjury charges, what did Christopher Steele say?
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The three charges of culpable negligence are second-degree misdemeanors, while the perjury charge is a first-degree misdemeanor.
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That was probably too direct an assertion, but I don't think that one rises to the level of perjury.
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Diaz has been charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, falsely reporting crimes, perjury, grand theft and forgery, among other charges.
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But it could muddy the waters enough to prevent a perjury charge, which requires a precise showing of falsity.
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Whether or not that amounts to perjury is a judgment call usually left to a special prosecutor to decide.
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Corsi said on Monday that he is expecting to be indicted by the special counsel for perjury. Oct. 1.
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In 2017, the perjury case against Encinia was dropped after he agreed to never work in law enforcement again.
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Both face felony charges for obstructing justice and perjury for allegedly misleading investigators over the course of the investigation.
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Why not just answer the questions written, let the president take his time and not have a perjury trap?
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A grand jury found that to be false and indicted him on a perjury charge, the Texas Tribune reports.
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Salemme, now in protective custody, accepted a plea deal on a perjury charge in 2008 during the murder investigation.
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Lambert added that the grand jury decided against a charge of aggravated perjury, a third-degree felony in Texas.
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However, perjury does apply, meaning if Lochte delivered his police report under oath, an extradition request could be filed.
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I want him charged with a constitutional rights violation, falsifying documents, perjury, contempt of court, embezzlement, extortion and collusion.
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Even Judge Ellis way back in the Manafort case said basically, you guys are trying to set perjury traps.
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During his second term, the House voted to impeach him in December 1998 for perjury over an extramarital affair.
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Not until a cell phone was found with text messages did the Marine admit to the misconduct and perjury.
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Of course, Dreamer criminal activity is not just limited to job-related felony identity theft, forgery, perjury and fraud.
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Would these presidential candidates have said these things if they had to swear to them under penalty of perjury?
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The perjury charge in a murder investigation carried a potential life sentence, equal to the penalty for murder itself.
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Some critics had called for Clapper to resign over the incident, which they describe as an act of perjury.
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Things such as "perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, and intimidation of witnesses" are all within his jurisdiction.
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He added that he's confident that other people in Trump's orbit have "met and exceeded" the bar of perjury.
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You know, it made me remember one important detail: that I don't want to go to jail for perjury.
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It's hard to square those previous claims with what he's now testified under oath at the risk of perjury.
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NPR: Mueller runs into 'time trouble' Andrew McCarthy: Of course, there is such a thing as a 'perjury trap.
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In July 1998, Clinton testified over the allegations that he'd committed perjury by lying about his affair with Lewinsky.
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Trump pardoned Libby, former Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, on perjury and obstruction of justice charges.
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Proving that someone committed perjury means overcoming a high hurdle: that the person knowingly told a falsehood under oath.
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After leaving as DNI, Clapper was used repeatedly by CNN without mentioning his alleged perjury on the surveillance program.
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On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that Trump had not authorized the FBI to probe Kavanaugh's alcohol use or potential perjury.
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One great-grandfather, David King Udall, was a Mormon bishop and a polygamist, who went to prison for perjury.
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In November, Cohen pleaded guilty to perjury, having lied to the Senate Intelligence Committee and the House Intelligence Committee.
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The president also indicated he was afraid that special counsel Robert Mueller is preparing a "perjury trap" for him.
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Added Franken: "Ultimately, whether or not he committed perjury, will be again, I believe, (special counsel) Bob Mueller's call."
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And in order to commit perjury — which is a felony — a person must be proven to have lied willfully.
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Ms. Kane, a Democrat who is Pennsylvania's first elected female attorney general, faces several charges, including perjury and obstruction.
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The focus on perjury comes after Mueller has dug into seemingly everything else in Stone's life, including his finances.
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One Democratic congressman said it was possible Sondland could be facing a perjury charge in light of Taylor's remarks.
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No. All of this is to say: None of what Trump (or Giuliani) is alleging is a perjury trap.
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But Modric also faces perjury charges at home related to an alleged kickback scheme involving a powerful soccer executive.
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Pat Swindall, a former congressman from Georgia whose political career was derailed by a perjury conviction, died on Wednesday.
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Pruitt is under investigation by the Oklahoma Bar Association for allegedly lying under oath to Congress (aka committing perjury).
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Normally, the US attorney's office would investigate perjury in Congress, but Sessions is in charge of the US attorneys.
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The second kind is crimes committed during the investigation itself: witness intimidation, perjury, obstruction of justice, and the like.
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Two House Republicans referred Mr. Cohen to the Justice Department for potential perjury charges stemming from his public testimony.
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Jacobson was found guilty of 52 counts of fraud and perjury, and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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" Schiff in a separate interview Wednesday on CNN claimed Barr's statements might be considered perjury "for an ordinary citizen.
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In the end, Clinton was acquitted, and 10 Republicans voted against the article of impeachment charging Clinton with perjury.
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Mr. Lee, who sometimes goes by Jay Y. Lee in the West, faces additional charges, including embezzlement and perjury.
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Lee was previously found guilty of perjury, embezzlement, and bribery in 2017 and sentenced to five years in jail.
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"It's a perjury trap," Renata tells her four co-conspirators at the after-hours beach meeting Celeste abruptly calls.
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"It's a perjury trap," Renata tells her four co-conspirators at the after-hours beach meeting Celeste abruptly calls.
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Indeed, a judge reaffirmed that Clinton committed perjury, a crime for which thousands of other citizens have been jailed.
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And next time you're on trial for perjury why don't you call one of those subway-ad law firms?
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On Twitter, #ImpeachKavanaugh began trending amid questions of possible perjury, and some Democrats, including presidential candidates Julián Castro, Sen.
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In another exchange, Credico warned Stone that he could be prosecuted for perjury for giving incorrect testimony to lawmakers.
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"When you lie in that context, it's not only perjury but it's obstruction of justice, too," Mr. Zeidenberg said.
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Either the president can be prosecuted for perjury and obstruction of justice or the president enjoys immunity from prosecution.
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Judicial findings about officers who commit perjury are difficult to collect since they are not centrally recorded or archived.
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" Weinsten adds, "In order to pursue this case, she will have to commit perjury and that will not stand.
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That's why many of Kavanaugh's comments so far have probably been too fuzzy to actually pursue any perjury prosecution.
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According to an email obtained by CNN earlier this week, Navy prosecutors are exploring a possible perjury charge against Scott.
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Perhaps more significantly, if Sessions was found to have lied to or misled Congress, he could be accused of perjury.
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You wrote on Page 1 that a president persuading a person to commit perjury would be obstruction, is that right?
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She says the perjury case against her is "completely ridiculous" and that it will be shown to be politically motivated.
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He also faces misdemeanor charges of perjury, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, the FDLE said.
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Trump's early review of Comey's June 8 testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee included a light perjury allegation thrown in.
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Even outside the criminal realm, President Bill Clinton was impeached on obstruction and perjury charges without any separate underlying crime.
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" After Sessions' remarks, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi accused him of making a "sorry attempt to explain away his perjury.
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But Gershman noted that Mueller may be reluctant to charge Sessions with perjury because the case would not be solid.
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But by itself, without further supporting evidence, Cohen's testimony likely wouldn't be enough make a perjury charge stick, she said.
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David is additionally accused of a lewd act against a child and perjury, for allegedly lying about his children's schooling.
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Others are pointing to his accusations of perjury against President Bill Clinton from decades ago as a form of hypocrisy.
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There is clear evidence that President Clinton committed perjury on two or more occasions, and urged others to obstruct justice.
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Encinia was later charged with perjury for allegedly lying about the reason why he ordered Bland out of her car.
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Roger Stone associate and former Infowars contributor Jerome Corsi said Monday he expects to be indicted by Mueller for perjury.
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" ON HIS LAWYER, RUDY GIULIANI, WORRYING ABOUT A "PERJURY TRAP" IF TRUMP TALKS TO SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER "Well sure.
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Perjury is a crime, as is making false statements to Congress, even if it's not under oath (though Prince was).
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The first is pretty obvious: a perjury statute that makes it a crime for any witness to lie under oath.
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" Video Giuliani previously had warned that an in-person interview of Trump by investigators would be considered a "perjury trap.
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A return to Congress would mark a second try in a place where Cohen already committed perjury for Trump's benefit.
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Libby lost his administration job, was indicted, and was eventually convicted of perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements.
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" SHS asked about accusations of "treason" and "perjury" in context of Russia investigation: "I think those two words are ridiculous.
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The felony offense of perjury carries a potential jail term, and prosecutor Kevin Steele said jail time may be recommended.
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Now BuzzFeed indicates that the president himself suborned [a legal term meaning to bribe or induce] perjury from Mr. Cohen.
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But only one of them included millions of pieces of false evidence passed off as real under penalty of perjury.
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I've charged and convicted defendants on obstruction and perjury charges with a fraction of what Mueller alleges against the President.
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In addition to theft, Mena is also charged with perjury, forgery and one count of practicing medicine without a license.
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This "legal training" didn't stop him from implying the top law enforcement official in the country may have committed perjury.
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Republicans are pressing for perjury charges against the former secretary of State over her testimony to the House Benghazi committee.
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Kessler was indicted in October on a single felony perjury charge that carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.
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The most likely is treason (10-3), followed by tax evasion (4-1); perjury (7-1) and bribery (10-1).
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He was indicted on five counts, including obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury, and two counts of false statements.
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David is additionally accused of a lewd act against a child and perjury, for allegedly lying about his children's schooling.
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First are process crimes such as perjury, obstruction, false statements, and witness tampering that have resulted from the investigation itself.
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Dolezal was charged this week with theft by welfare fraud, perjury and false verification for public assistance, court documents show.
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And the task of answering the questions, under the risk of perjury, may be a deeply unpleasant experience for him.
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Starr opened a perjury investigation in which he found that Clinton lied to a federal grand jury about the affair.
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Clinton had lied under oath "at this point," an act that a federal judge later said had clearly constituted perjury.
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Dowless has worked in Bladen County political circles for years and was convicted of perjury and fraud in the 1990s.
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The Republican-led House impeached Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, moving the proceedings to the Senate.
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The former sheriff's deputy was also charged with misdemeanor perjury, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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The strategy of declaring the special counsel investigation a "witch hunt" and perjury trap is clearly cathartic but also untrue.
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Sessions referenced a perjury case of a young police officer he prosecuted even though the officer corrected the record later.
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The meeting, Mueller said under penalty of perjury, "was about the job, but not about me applying for the job."
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The prosecutors allege that one of those contacts told investigators he understood Manafort's outreach as an attempt to "suborn perjury."
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Trooper Encinia was fired by the Texas Department of Public Safety after being indicted on a perjury charge in January.
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However, Trump's lead attorney Rudy Giuliani has repeatedly warned that the president interviewing with Mueller could be a perjury trap.
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We would have to investigate any credible allegations of perjury and other things that haven't been properly looked into before.
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If the story is accurate, it means Trump asked Cohen to commit perjury, a federal crime and potentially impeachable offense.
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Flores de Freitas and Campo Flores argued that they should get a new trial in light of Santos-Pena's perjury.
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There was no other way to describe their behavior, he said, other than to call it "massive" perjury and misconduct.
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And, if so, could he lose his job — or even be charged with perjury like someone who lied in court?
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If so, did the president commit perjury by reportedly claiming otherwise in written answers to the special counsel Robert Mueller?
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On Wednesday, Detective Franco, who works in southern Manhattan, was charged with 16 criminal counts, including perjury and official misconduct.
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Democratic senators accused Judge Kavanaugh of committing perjury at his two prior confirmation hearings — charges that do not withstand scrutiny.
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Mr. Burke pressured detectives to commit perjury in court and to lie to federal agents who were investigating the assault.
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Mr. Libby, who goes by Scooter, was convicted of perjury in connection with the leak of a C.I.A. officer's identity.
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Kim Ki-choon, once Ms. Park's chief of staff, received a three-year term for abuse of power and perjury.
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As part of the investigation into Greitens, Gardner appointed a federal special prosecutor, William Tisaby, who was accused of perjury.
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If he was under oath, as the AG statement alleges, he should be charged with perjury under 18 USC 1621.
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Reyat has been asked to live in a halfway house until the completion of his perjury sentence in August 2018.
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Perjury charges for jailhouse snitches are very rare, even when their testimony is later proved to have been demonstratively false.
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In this New Year, we hear much about things like "fake news," media bias, even lying, perjury, and deliberate deception.
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Kaine's remarks also come as Republicans push the Justice Department to look into whether Clinton ever committed perjury before Congress.
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Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said Friday Sessions should resign from his post because he "absolutely" committed perjury during his testimony.
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The allegations were detailed in an affidavit, signed under penalty of perjury, that was released by Swetnick's lawyer, Michael Avenatti.
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In July 1998, Clinton testified about the allegations that he&aposd committed perjury by lying about his affair with Lewinsky.
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Adam Thomas is being charged in the Johnson County District Court with election perjury, according to The Kansas City Star.
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The two other articles, another perjury count and an abuse of office count, were voted down by the full house.
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He announced a year ago that he turned down the Mueller team's bid to have him plead guilty to perjury.
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Cohen is currently serving a three-year prison sentence for perjury, campaign-finance violations, and tax and bank fraud crimes.
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" If true, Mr. Schiff said, the allegations "would constitute both the subornation of perjury as well as obstruction of justice.
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Democrats argued back then that a president could commit perjury on same subjects, like sexual relations, and not face impeachment.
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Mr. Dowless has some familiarity with the criminal justice system, and his record includes felony convictions for perjury and fraud.
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Trump's assertion that Cohen's book proposal shows he "committed perjury on a scale not seen before" doesn't really add up.
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Cohen did say he planned to pursue one in the future, but it's hard to see how committing perjury — again!
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Leslie McCrae Dowless, a political operative in Bladen County who was connected to questionable absentee ballot activity, was indicted by a Wake County grand jury on two counts of felony obstruction of justice, perjury, solicitation to commit perjury, conspiracy to obstruct justice and possession of absentee ballot, according to a press release from the court.
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That section says that registrants need only to attest that they are citizens, under the threat of perjury if they lie.
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The former New York City mayor has stated that Mueller may be attempting to lure the president into a perjury charge.
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Normally, the threat of being prosecuted for perjury — which would be a wholly separate crime — is what would ensure their truthfulness.
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But LaVelle was later convicted of perjury, the last time a criminal referral from a contempt vote resulted in jail time.
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Later Friday, Trump slammed House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who also called for Sessions to resign and accused him of perjury.
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Lee, who is also the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, was arrested last week on charges of bribery, perjury, and embezzlement.
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Peterson retired from his position and faces charges of culpable negligence, perjury and seven counts of felony neglect of a child.
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On April 11, federal prosecutors in California announced a 36-count indictment accusing Avenatti of tax crimes, wire fraud and perjury.
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Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice, though the verdict was later overturned, and Clemens was acquitted of perjury and obstruction.
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Hudson's father, Lyle Hudson, 62, has also been charged with perjury related to the investigation, but has been released on bond.
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To prove subornation of perjury, a prosecutor has to prove a defendant procured someone else's false testimony on a material matter.
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And if found guilty under the general federal perjury statute, Comey could get a prison sentence of up to five years.
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It&aposs also a perjury, because they swore to the veracity of the document when they presented it to the court.
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I want to play something for you because you have been talking about a perjury trap that Mueller would allegedly said.
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The penalty for perjury, a Class A misdemeanor, is up to a year in jail and up to a $4,000 fine.
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The scandal ultimately led to Clinton's impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice, though he was ultimately acquitted in the Senate.
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Yet, of course, that would still make it an untrue statement — which most people call a lie and lawyers call perjury.
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Our office today filed 8 counts of perjury against David Turpin for filing a Private School Affidavit with the Cal Dept.
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Or does he continue to try to conceal, or lie about, what happened — even in statements made under penalty of perjury?
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In Clinton's case, the Republican-run House passed two articles impeachment in December 1998 related to perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Under the Speech or Debate Clause, now-Attorney General Sessions cannot be prosecuted for perjury in his Senate testimony of Jan.
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If he speaks with individuals about their knowledge or accounts, it could be construed as influencing witnesses or subornation of perjury.
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However, the committee is probing whether Whitaker committed perjury while giving testimony, a person familiar with the matter told The Journal.
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"This has devolved into gotcha word games, perjury traps and trumped process crimes," Stone said on Wednesday, according to the Post.
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Alternatively, if Comey's testimony was false as Trump is claiming, tapes could theoretically vindicate Trump and expose Comey to perjury charges.
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Victims received some measure of satisfaction in 2010, when Mr. Burge was sentenced to prison for perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Starr led the investigation into allegations that Clinton committed perjury and obstructed justice when he denied having an affair with Lewinsky.
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If lawmakers go so far as to believe he is lying, they could pursue perjury charges and potentially see him jailed.
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If he lied to Congressional investigators who questioned him on the matter, he might also be subject to charges of perjury.
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Fuhrman was later charged with perjury for claiming that he had not used the slur within 10 years of the trial.
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So now they're falling back to obstruction, which is not true either, and perjury, which is only true if you testify.
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Moreover, it would be virtually impossible to prove that Justice Kavanaugh committed perjury — that is, willfully lied about a material fact.
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Libby had been convicted of perjury in 2007 in the investigation into who leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.
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Burge, who was fired by the Chicago Police Board in 231, was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in 22.
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No officer has been indicted in regards to Bland's death, although State Trooper Encinia was indicted for perjury and ultimately fired.
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When pressed to tell the truth under penalty of perjury in formal depositions, Trump has tended to provide something resembling it.
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But he cited a number of newspaper articles in recent years about accusations of false statements and perjury by the police.
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But experts say that if Kavanaugh lied about his drinking habits last week, it's unlikely to lead to federal perjury charges.
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If asked about the use of personal email in such a proceeding, a false statement is subject to penalty for perjury.
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A conviction for perjury would clear the way for the medic to be jailed, forced out of the military, or both.
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They face 39 counts including torture, perjury and false imprisonment for allegedly holding their 13 children captive in their Perris, Calif.
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In the Clinton trial, five Senators voted guilty on an obstruction of justice article but not guilty on a perjury article.
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He would be addressing the matter under penalty of perjury, something he more than likely has no actual desire to do.
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Van Grack's attempt to punish Mr. Flynn for rejecting his insistence to commit perjury is a pedagogical example of 'actual vindictiveness.
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As Vox's Sean Collins reported, Bill Clinton was impeached for the high crimes and misdemeanors of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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She also promised to create a new "corporate perjury" law that would hold companies accountable if they lie to federal agencies.
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Clarence Thomas committed perjury when accused of sexual harassment then went on to significantly weaken laws against harassment as a justice.
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No doubt the special counsel, Robert Mueller, has cooperating witnesses who will contradict whatever the president says, setting up perjury charges.
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His testimony was key to Lula's legal entanglements, the statement added, saying Amaral himself should be put on trial for perjury.
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There is no statute of limitations on perjury in Florida in capital felony cases, and Skalnik was reluctant to reverse himself.
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When called as a defense witness in the perjury trial of Mr. Remington in 1951, however, he faced withering cross-examination.
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Movita Johnson-Harrell, a Democrat, was charged Wednesday with eight crimes connected to the scandal, including theft, perjury and record tampering.
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Moreover, Kavanaugh's answers about his work on controversial matters were sufficiently hedged to make any claim of perjury difficult to establish.
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But only two -- for perjury and obstruction of justice -- were referred by the full House over to the Senate for trial.
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Libby was convicted of perjury and lying to the FBI during its investigation but was not charged with leaking Plame's name.
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It was also the basis for the GOP-controlled House's impeachment of Bill Clinton for lying under oath, for committing perjury.
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Fina was a central figure in the recent leak case that led to former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's perjury conviction.
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The ones against Chernykh, which also include perjury and marriage fraud, could send her to jail for up to 25 years.
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Corsi has claimed that what he is actually on the hook for, though, is a perjury charge — for lying to investigators.
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That case still poses a threat to Trump because he could be deposed, potentially opening him up to charges of perjury.
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Lee was convicted of a string of charges, including bribery, embezzlement, hiding assets overseas, concealing profit from criminal acts and perjury.
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Video Clinton, however, was acquitted of both the perjury and obstruction of justice charges when the impeachment trial went to the Senate.
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Giuliani publicly called an interview a "perjury trap," especially if Mueller went beyond asking Trump about collusion and strayed into other matters.
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Facts first: The standard for lying to Congress and committing perjury is very high and willful intent to mislead must be proved.
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Pete Davidson as Michael Avanatti, who was indicted on 36 counts of tax evasion, perjury, and theft, approaches the group for consideration.
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More than a year after the massacre, the former Broward County sheriff's deputy now faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges.
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On January 16th special prosecutors accused Mr Lee, the only son of Samsung's chairman, Lee Kun-hee, of bribery, embezzlement and perjury.
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So if Donald Trump, for instance, committed perjury about some real estate deal in Manhattan, that would not be an impeachable offense.
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Encinia was fired after being charged with perjury for his statements about why he wanted Bland to step out of the car.
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Fitzpatrick, who served in the FBI from 1965 through 1986, pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance on the perjury charges.
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JARRETT: No. It&aposs a total perjury trap and Mueller is not really authorized to question a president exercising his constitutional authority.
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Dookhan pleaded guilty in November 2013 to 27 criminal counts in all, including charges of perjury, evidence tampering and obstruction of justice.
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Scot Peterson, 56, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of child neglect, negligence and perjury, and is in jail on $102,000 bond.
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In October, he said the he would launch an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and perjury lobbed at Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Alternatively, if Comey's testimony was false as Trump has claimed, tapes could have theoretically vindicated Trump and expose Comey to perjury charges.
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While speaker of the House, Gingrich voted in 1998 to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of obstruction of justice and perjury.
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Though the scandal was discovered after the statute of limitations had expired, Hiss was convicted of perjury for lying about his actions.
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OK, in an interrogatory in Great Britain when a threat of perjury was put to Christopher Steele, he did say the following.
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Louise Turpin, 49, was not named in the perjury charges, which were announced during a brief hearing in Riverside County Superior Court.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was facing a trial in Alabama on perjury charges — a good local angle for The Journal.
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The far-right figure yelled outside the hearing room that Dorsey was "committing perjury" and claimed his site was discriminating against conservatives.
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If President Trump allows himself to be questioned, he is walking into a classic "perjury trap" that will likely end his presidency.
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Half of the country is likely to remain firm in its view that he assaulted Ford and committed perjury on the allegations.
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Individuals who lie to Congress can be charged and prosecuted for perjury, even if they weren't under oath when providing testimony. Rep.
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Mr. Duterte said this week that Mr. Matobato's statements were lies, and that Ms. de Lima could be guilty of suborning perjury.
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In upstate New York, a white judge required me to attest to my professional credentials on the record under penalty of perjury.
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He was indicted on a charge of misdemeanor perjury, pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on a $2,500 bond.
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"Attorney General Sessions's narrow recusal and his sorry attempt to explain away his perjury are totally inadequate," Pelosi said in a statement.
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Now we have someone who put his name on a piece of paper under penalty of perjury and said he did that.
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Barr agreed that a president—or any person—who persuades a person to commit perjury or change testimony would be committing obstruction.
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While I voted for Clinton, I testified that such perjury would clearly constitute a high crime and misdemeanor for purposes of impeachment.
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Libby was convicted of charges including perjury in 2007 in the probe of the leak of a CIA officer's identity in 2007.
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"The investigation — it's not, nothing is proven yet, but we're ... moving into perjury, false statements and even potentially treason," he told reporters.
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Judge Kavanaugh's misstatements were so egregious and disturbing that the NAACP called upon the Senate to investigate his statements as possible perjury.
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Chaffetz and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, also a Republican, last month urged federal prosecutors to investigate whether Clinton had committed perjury.
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Ms. de Lima could be guilty of suborning perjury if she knew the witness was lying, said Mr. Duterte, a former prosecutor.
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Let's define the term first: A perjury trap is when a prosecutor asks questions of a witness knowing that witness will lie.
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"It's an allegation of perjury," said Elizabeth McLaughlin, a retired lawyer and founder of the left-leaning Gaia Project for Women's Leadership.
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House Democrats have already promised to investigate the accusations of sexual misconduct and perjury against Judge Kavanaugh should they retake the chamber.
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According to legal docs, the residents say Resnicow physically intimidated them with the log rollers ... berating them and accusing them of perjury.
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If convicted of perjury, Special Operator Scott, a SEAL medic, could face up to five years in prison and a dishonorable discharge.
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Mr. Greitens's lawyers also accused Ms. Gardner of knowing about and failing to correct Mr. Tisaby's erroneous testimony, and of suborning perjury.
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Mr. Burck said his client was simply telling the truth under threat of perjury, not accusing the president of illegally obstructing justice.
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Mr. Dowless was eventually sentenced to a short prison term, and state records show convictions for, among other offenses, perjury and fraud.
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But Mueller's team ultimately determined that those talks continued until at least June 2016, which resulted in Cohen pleading guilty to perjury.
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President Bill Clinton was impeached on a perjury charge over his grand jury testimony about his relationship with a White House intern.
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"I don't see how we can do it," said Giuliani, who has repeatedly expressed concern about the risk of Trump committing perjury.
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" In an interview, Mr. Byrne said of the department and its 36,000 officers, "I don't believe we have a widespread perjury problem.
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When the burglars were caught, the Nixon administration tried to cover it up by destroying records, committing perjury and paying hush money.
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Under penalty of perjury, he indicated he was a resident of Maryland at the time, even though he was living in Montana.
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Tevin Biles-Thomas is charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault and perjury in a December 31, 2018, fatal shooting in Cleveland.
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Mr. Trump's lawyers see that as a "perjury trap" only because they know the president will have to lie or incriminate himself.
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The perjury charge against Mr. Encinia stemmed from a one-page affidavit that he filed with jail officials justifying Ms. Bland's arrest.
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In December 1998, the House had voted to impeach him on two counts, perjury and obstruction of justice, by a narrow majority.
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On the day before Clinton left office, Ray announced that he would not criminally prosecute him in connection with perjury and obstruction.
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A source close to Sessions said he was not aware of any investigation into possible perjury when McCabe was fired last week.
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Trump failed the test miserably, Woodward writes, and Dowd left convinced that the President could not survive Mueller's questioning without committing perjury.
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Asked about the hearings, Mr. Trump flatly denied testimony given under penalty of perjury by a succession of career national security officials.
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Lying to federal investigators, however, could lead to serious criminal charges under federal law, such as making false statements or even perjury.
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And if Manafort gave answers that contradicted what he already told prosecutors under oath, he could be charged with perjury, he added.
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"The conventional wisdom is that perjury is tough to prove," said constitutional law scholar Louis Michael Seidman, who teaches at Georgetown Law.
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When you sign your return — whether with a pen or electronically — you're asserting under penalty of perjury that it's complete and accurate.
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A few weeks later, the Gaye estate filed a motion accusing him of perjury and asking a judge to revisit the decision.
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Kim Gardner is scheduled to be deposed be special prosecutors this week in the criminal perjury case against her investigator William Tisaby.
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Dianne Feinstein said on Monday when asked whether Democrats should press for a perjury inquiry into Kavanaugh's statements during his confirmation hearing.
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"I mean, the reality is, we're not going to sit him down if this is a trap for perjury," Giuliani told Fox.
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But the new letter from Monico is unlikely to satisfy Republicans, who have charged Cohen may have committed perjury in his testimony.
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The agent testified under penalty of perjury that the Clinton email case did not address the destruction of federal records, Grassley said.
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In 1998, Clinton was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice related to trying to cover up his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
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Their prosecutions were found in many cases to have been marred by perjury, false accusations or misconduct by police officers or prosecutors.
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Those witnesses were willing to testify under oath, however, at risk of perjury — and as yet Mr. Trump's defenders have not been.
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Movita Johnson-Harrell (D) was charged on Wednesday with eight alleged crimes related to the scandal, including theft, perjury and record tampering.
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It reviewed hundreds of court cases and interviewed dozens of people who filed EEOC claims, which are made under penalty of perjury.
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The FTC's order also requires Uber to submit its own compliance reports — beginning in a year's time, and "sworn under penalty of perjury".
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Mr. Courser was also charged with perjury for lying to lawmakers under oath, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
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And they will frame Donald Trump which is one of the reasons why they are trying to set a perjury trap for him.
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But the incident led to calls for Blumenthal's prosecution by the Justice Department on perjury charges, as well as a motion from Sen.
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"That tampering can be the basis for a series of charges," including conspiracy to obstruct justice and conspiracy to commit perjury, he said.
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Diallo pleaded not guilty to state charges of first-degree theft by welfare fraud, making false verification and second-degree perjury last month.
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Under federal law the penalty for perjury is a prison sentence of up to five years or eight years in terrorism-related cases.
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At the ensuing trial, two eyewitnesses claim they saw George having sex with his daughter (two others were paid off to commit perjury).
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While Barr seemingly lied in the everyday sense of the term, it's more complicated to prove he committed perjury under federal criminal law.
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For example, when a line of questioning is so vague it's "fundamentally ambiguous," the answers may be insufficient to support the perjury conviction.
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Some Democrats even suggested Kavanaugh's disingenuousness in his role in Judge William Pryor's nomination might constitute perjury (legal experts were not so convinced).
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Democrats say they will now call Sondland to testify again, with some lawmakers threatening to refer him to the Justice Department for perjury.
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Defense lawyers accused Gardner of misconduct in the case and said she made herself a witness to the perjury of a lead investigator.
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He was eventually impeached on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, and subsequently acquitted of those charges by the Senate in 1999.
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Stephani Renae Lawson of Orange County, California, 25, pled guilty to two felonies—one count of false imprisonment and one count of perjury.
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Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane's facing new calls to resign, after the Pennsylvania attorney general was found guilty yesterday of perjury and obstruction.
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But by 1789 Thomas Jefferson could write to James Madison that "assassination, poison, perjury" were "held in just horror in the 18th century".
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Conservative commentator Jerome Corsi said Monday that he has been informed he will soon be indicted for perjury by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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They allegedly adopted false identities, used false identification, misrepresented both organizations to government agencies—which could constitute felony perjury—and disseminated fraudulent advertisements.
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It's a fear of perjury that may be leading his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to insist that the president won't answer questions from Mueller.
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There's a current debate over whether this actually constitutes perjury (the Sessions thing; I think we can all agree on the Rinna case).
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Her tenure in office, which started with such promise, ended in a conviction on nine charges, including perjury and conspiracy, on August 15th.
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David Turpin, 56, will also face trial on eight counts of perjury and one count of committing a lewd act on a child.
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Kane was previously free on bail as she appealed her October 2016 conviction on nine counts, including perjury, obstruction and abuse of office.
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But Trump's legal counsel has cautioned against the move, worried that it's a perjury trap that exposes the president to enormous legal risks.
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One of the witnesses in touch with Manafort this year told prosecutors he believed Manafort wanted to "suborn perjury," the previous filing said.
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Democratic witnesses and members insisted that such perjury is not an impeachable offense when it concerned an affair with a White House intern.
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"I guarantee you are the one who gets indicted for perjury if you're stupid enough to testify," Stone texted Credico in December 2017.
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He argues that he does not want to be caught in a "perjury trap" since the government has detailed records about his communications.
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"I'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so he gets trapped into perjury," Giuliani told "Meet the Press" in August.
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If all that Mueller had against Flynn was a perjury charge, it's unlikely he would have agreed to plead guilty at this juncture.
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" Dershowitz said that Swetnick's allegations should "thoroughly be investigated" and says if she is found to have committed perjury, "there should be consequences.
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If Trump approved the meeting, Trump Jr. could be indicted under Title 18 of the U.S. Code as well as possible perjury laws.
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Clinton committed perjury when she testified last October that she did not send or receive emails that were marked classified at the time.
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And the Fifth Amendment cannot be used as a shield against perjury charges as a pardon, when bestowed, cannot apply to future crimes.
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The 1998 articles of impeachment brought by the House against President Clinton were for perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice.
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Republicans, outraged that Clinton appears to be getting off scot-free despite mishandling classified information, have quickly pivoted to accusing her of perjury.
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"I'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped into perjury," Giuliani told NBC News in August.
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She had faced charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, false swearing and official oppression in the trial in Norristown, a suburb of Philadelphia.
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"[We] got an owner under penalty of perjury testifying that he changed his mind after he was told what Trump said," Geragos said.
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After a 22018-month investigation, prosecutors slapped the 245-year-old with 275 criminal charges on Tuesday, including felony child neglect and perjury.
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After a 15-month investigation, prosecutors slapped the 56-year-old with 11 criminal charges on Tuesday, including felony child neglect and perjury.
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But later that year, he admitted that he had lied, and he was impeached on the grounds of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Tusk passes on the offer to be Remy's new client, but his hands are tied when Remy threatens jail over his past perjury.
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Remy's taking a lot of sips and Hammerschmidt's linked Frank to perjury and an impeachment conspiracy before he needs to order another beer.
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Each "discernible lie" Manafort told is a potential new felony charge of lying to federal investigators, perjury, obstruction of justice, or combination thereof.
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This may very well fall into the category of what Bill Clinton did or Attorney General Kleindienst did — something falling short of perjury.
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The federal "two-witness" rule doesn't really require a second witness to the actual perjury but rather any kind of reliable corroborating evidence.
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If the story turns out to be true, it means Trump asked Cohen to commit perjury, a federal crime and potentially impeachable offense.
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Moreover, Judge Weinstein suggested that giving a jury the question of whether the department has permitted widespread police perjury could prompt important reforms.
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States with stricter laws require voters to provide an excuse -- under penalty of perjury -- for why they can't show up to the polls.
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While reporting on police perjury, I quickly realized that the court system tends to bury signs of police dishonesty rather than expose it.
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Chuck Grassley (R-IA) gave Kavanaugh an opportunity to respond to Democrats' notion that he had committed perjury during his hearing in 2004.
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Still, the cases identified by The Times reveal an entrenched perjury problem several decades in the making that shows little sign of fading.
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Convicted on three perjury counts, he was fined $193,219, given a suspended three-year prison term and barred from lobbying for three years.
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In both cases it doesn't rise to the level of legal perjury because there are ways to parse his answers as narrowly truthful.
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It is almost unthinkable that there will be a second Supreme Court justice taking his seat under suspicions of perjury and sexual misconduct.
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He's being held without bond at the Liberty County Jail in Hinesville, Georgia, on charges of murder, involuntary manslaughter, felonious assault, and perjury.
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Tevin Biles-Thomas, 33, of Cleveland, is charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault and perjury, according to a statement from Cleveland police.
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On Friday night, Trump promoted a tweet by a Trump supporter that included the alleged whistleblower's name and accused him of committing perjury.
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" The statement defined a crime of moral turpitude as "a crime against a person (such as assault), fraud, perjury, robbery, theft and bribery.
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For the perjury charge, 55 senators vote not guilty and for the obstruction of justice charge, 50 senators vote to acquit the president.
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It wasn't so long ago that Alger Hiss went to jail, ostensibly for perjury but actually for slipping secret documents to the Russians.
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He has already served 11 years of his 150-year prison sentence for a variety of crimes, including money laundering, perjury and theft.
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He faced perjury charges, was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a related case and was transferred when he refused to quit.
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Ms. Murillo and Mr. Vladeck, both legal scholars, explore the possibility of a perjury case against Mr. Sessions in light of the report.
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Buoyed by a strong economy and public popularity, the Republican effort to impeach Clinton related to perjury during the Monica Lewinsky scandal backfired.
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Starr's report on Clinton caused the House of Representatives to vote to impeach the president on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Republicans say that the impeachment of President Bill Clinton was different because he committed the crime of perjury, even if only about sex.
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But Clinton was impeached for perjury after he lied to the grand jury in the Jones case, and also for obstruction of justice.
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Third: Senior Obama administration officials were involved in a massive corruption scandal in Ukraine, leading to accusations of money laundering, bribery and perjury.
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Eventually Kleindienst pleaded guilty to failure to provide accurate information to Congress, a misdemeanor, for conduct that many observers believed amounted to perjury.
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Baez pleaded guilty last November to a misdemeanor perjury charge for lying about her address on a voter-registration form, the Herald reported.
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A grand jury in Waller County, Texas, has indicted the trooper who arrested Sandra Bland in July of 2015 on a perjury charge.
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Prosecutors would walk him right off the ledge -- as it relates to a potential obstruction charge and even that other crime called perjury.
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In his other pending case, in California, Avenatti is accused of defrauding other clients out of millions of dollars, tax crimes and perjury.
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Minutes earlier, Mr. Yates said he would not have hired Mr. Dowless had he known of a record that included a perjury conviction.
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The 1999 trial of Mr. Clinton, who was tried on two articles of impeachment — perjury and obstruction of justice — lasted about five weeks.
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That said, he could always lie, and if proven to be lying and charged with perjury — well, Trump could just pardon him again.
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That said, they could always lie, and if proven to be lying and charged with perjury — well, Trump could just pardon them again.
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Harmeet any thinking of yours that changed from the beginning of a possible perjury trial for a president who, President Trump likes to talk.
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He presented FEC filings and asked if the two were aware that they took an oath to tell the truth under penalty of perjury.
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Dianne Feinstein and Pat Leahy highlighted the contradiction, and while neither used the term "perjury," the implication that Kavanaugh lied under oath was clear.
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Two Republicans accuse Cohen of perjury and later make a criminal referral to the Justice Department, calling for an investigation into allegedly false statements.
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"BREAKING BOMBSHELL: NYPD Blows Whistle on New Hillary Emails: Money Laundering, Sex Crimes with Children, Child Exploitation, Pay to Play, Perjury," read the headline.
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Frustrated liberals could never gain any traction, no matter how serious the charges, be it sexual assault, possible perjury, or his display of partisanship.
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Nixon, who was impeached after he refused to leave office even after being convicted on charge of committing perjury, decided to challenge the decision.
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The drug-lab chemist was Annie Dookhan, who pleaded guilty to 27 counts in 2013, including obstruction of justice, perjury, and tampering with evidence.
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Jason Chaffetz of Utah, chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, have urged the FBI to investigate whether the testimony amounted to perjury.
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Three months later, the House impeached Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice on a nearly straight party-line vote by the Republican majority.
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It also raised the possibility of "perjury" related to the president's excuse for inconsistencies in his statements (Mr Zuma had blamed a typing error).
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But, Giuliani suggested, that hypothetical Trump testimony could still be contested at trial by Comey or others, leading to a plausible prosecution for perjury.
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Generally speaking, it's bad for potential Supreme Court justices to not to tell the truth — and knowingly lying under oath is, of course, perjury.
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Corsi has already claimed that he's about to be indicted for perjury, and that he plans to reject a plea deal offered by Mueller.
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Mike Quigley, a Chicago Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, accused Sessions of having committed perjury about an alleged undisclosed third meeting in April.
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Scott exercised his power to suspend a sheriff in 2016, after then-Marion County Sheriff Chris Blair was indicted on two counts of perjury.
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But she, too, ran afoul of the High Sparrow/Septon and his followers, thanks to her perjury during the trial of her brother Loras.
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No matter how angry Republicans were at Clinton's perjury in the Monica Lewinsky case, the bulk of the voters cared more about their pocketbooks.
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Thus, Manafort and Cohen could be called to testify under oath and could be charged with any new acts of perjury or other crimes.
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Page contends that he does not want to be caught in a "perjury trap" since the government has more detailed records about his communications.
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" Schiff declined to name who among the committee's witnesses he believed might have committed perjury, but he said he had concerns about "multiple witnesses.
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Libby was convicted in 2007 of obstruction of justice and perjury related to the investigation into the leak of a former CIA officer's identity.
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If lawmakers believe that Sondland has lied to them, they can refer him to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution on perjury charges.
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But he might have been looking to cover himself by denying involvement in the plot — and he may have committed perjury in his testimony.
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He has a top-fight lawyer, Robert Luskin, known for advising clients not to play games with investigators and about the perils of perjury.
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His testimony also undercuts the testimony of the US ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and may open Sondland up to a perjury charge.
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"There's nothing there that suggests collaboration or collusion, so now we're down to the question of perjury," Stone said in an interview with CNN.
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During a deposition, Clinton lied about his sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky, and in 1998, Congress impeached him for perjury and obstruction of justice.
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Sure, some of those people are hackish partisans, willing to look past a little light perjury to get a fifth vote on the bench.
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And you're not supposed to mislead Congress — even if you manage to do so in ways that don't meet the legal standard for perjury.
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He was fired in 2016 and indicted on a perjury charge, which was dismissed in 2017 after he permanently surrendered his law enforcement license.
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Nor would it be perjury for him to have a different recollection of his drinking habits than the recollection of some of his classmates.
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Emanuel would soon be forced to admit that the same patterns of perjury and abuse had continued under his watch without any real impediments.
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The show followed the Brooklyn rapper in the two weeks before she turned herself into Philadelphia Federal Detention Center after being charged with perjury.
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Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has publicly expressed concerns that prosecutors might unfairly lure Trump into making false statements and expose himself to perjury charges.
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Lee, whose father is Samsung's chairman, was previously sentenced to five years after being found guilty of bribery, embezzlement, capital flight and perjury charges.
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This year, a Queens detective, Kevin Desormeau, has been convicted of perjury and a Brooklyn detective has been charged with fabricating a photo lineup.
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For months I've been reporting on police perjury, starting with an October profile about a detective who was charged with lying about two cases.
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But the actions those presidents were accused of — like witness tampering or suborning perjury — were not an exercise of their official powers as president.
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Whether Mr. Davis committed perjury or just had a faulty memory will be difficult to determine and ultimately may not be of great significance.
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Some senators believed he was, in fact, guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice but still concluded he should not be removed from office.
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"When I was a prosecutor and now that I've been a journalist, I've never even understood the phrase 'perjury trap,'" Toobin said on CNN.
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Ten Republicans voted against Article I charging Clinton with perjury and five Republicans voted against Article II charging the president with obstruction of justice.
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In a damning report, the investigators accused the members of the ruling family of living beyond their means, hiding their assets, perjury and forgery.
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Asserting executive privilege is not the same as paying hush money or suborning perjury, as was alleged in the Clinton and Nixon impeachment efforts.
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We remain adamant that an FBI investigation, where all witnesses are questioned under threat of perjury, is the only way to get the truth.
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The lawsuits also create the prospect of Trump being deposed, potentially exposing him to embarrassing lines of questioning and to the risk of perjury.
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To violate statutes that criminalize lying to Congress and perjury, it is not enough to say something that turns out to be demonstrably false.
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Mark Green, a Tennessee Republican, proposed referring Michael Cohen, the President's former lawyer and fixer, for a perjury investigation at the Department of Justice.
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"There are now multiple, corroborated allegations against Judge Kavanaugh, made under penalty of perjury, all of which deserve a thorough investigation," Schumer said. Sen.
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But federal prosecutors, in a separate filing, argued that no leniency should be shown, accusing both defendants of repeatedly committing perjury during their trial.
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A grand jury indictment unsealed this month, charging him with perjury and official misconduct, makes a strong case for removing Mr. Abelove from office.
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Mohammed Jabbateh, 49, who lives in East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, was indicted on two counts of fraud in immigration documents and two counts of perjury.
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Encinia, the state trooper, was charged with perjury and accused of lying about fearing for his safety when he pulled Bland from her car.
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The attorney general "certainly gave misleading testimony" to Congress about his interactions with Mueller, Comey said, but there isn't strong evidence that Barr committed perjury.
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While Trump has promoted his claims to the press, several of those he has accused of wrongdoing have rejected his theories under penalty of perjury.
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Libby, 67, had been convicted in 2007 on perjury charges related to an investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's name to the press.
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The Lewinsky scandal resulted in Bill Clinton being impeached on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, though he was ultimately acquitted in the Senate.
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He eventually adapted the investigation to focus on President Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the president's eventual alleged perjury before a grand jury.
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And perjury could provide a vehicle for Congress to impeach him a la Clinton, leading to his removal if the votes in Congress line up.
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An example might be if a newspaper opinion column accused someone of committing the very specific crime of perjury, and that statement is demonstrably false.
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Along with the conspiracy counts, Farah and Daud are charged with perjury, and Farah with making a false statement to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
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In other words, Mueller already has everything that they have requested and the only point of a presidential interview is to set a perjury trap.
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Montroll, a resident of Saginaw, Texas, was charged in a criminal complaint with perjury and obstruction of justice and was arrested in his home state.
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Legal analysts also raise the possibility of perjury, for example, if Trump Jr. or anyone else involved earlier denied any Russian meeting to federal investigators.
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But it could be perjury, and it raises the possibility that Sessions hasn't been totally forthcoming with federal investigators, which would be an additional crime.
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Pruitt is just one of five members of the Trump administration who stand accused of lying under oath before Congress — also known as committing perjury.
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The perjury charges against David Turpin stem from his claims to be running a private school at the home with the children as his pupils.
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, once a rising Democratic star in a critical state, was convicted Monday of perjury, obstruction and abuse of office charges.
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"All four are reluctant to appear because they believe it's a perjury trap designed to move toward impeachment of the president," he told the Post.
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Clinton had "committed perjury and made false statements" during her appearance in October before a special House panel on the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
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"I don't think any reasonable attorney who looks at it would conclude that I committed perjury, which requires intent and materiality," Stone told the paper.
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Some GOP lawmakers have questioned if Clinton made misstatements in testimony before Congress and have pressed for the Justice Department to look into possible perjury.
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" Barr envisioned that if a president "suborns perjury, or induces a witness to change testimony … then he, like anyone else, commits the crime of obstruction.
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The House of Representatives impeached Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice later that year, while the Senate acquitted him of the charges in 1999.
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Lawmakers have asked the FBI to open a probe into possible perjury charges and outlined for prosecutors how she may have broken with the truth.
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Federal prosecutors in California on Thursday announced charges against Michael Avenatti on 36 counts of perjury, fraud, failure to pay taxes and other financial crimes.
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Rather than engaging with Manafort, the men informed Mueller that their former associate had tried to persuade them to "suborn perjury" and lie to investigators.
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In my interviews with judges and prosecutors, they willingly admitted that police perjury was part of the culture of the court system in Cook County.
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As for prosecutors, 12 of 27 prosecutors said that police perjury sometimes occurred, seven did not directly respond and eight said that it did not.
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In August, the Montgomery County authorities charged her with perjury, obstruction and other crimes after Judge Carpenter referred the grand jury's findings to investigators there.
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He was charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, and perjury in connection to a deadly shooting in Cleveland in which three people were killed.
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Thirteen lance corporals from the 1st Marine Division were charged with offenses including human smuggling, larceny, drunkenness, and perjury, Stars and Stripes reported in September.
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Citing it as a perjury trap is a red herring to change the conversation about why Trump might not want to sit down with Mueller.
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The implication is clear: Trump is a walking, talking perjury trap, and saving him from himself is simply what any sane, competent lawyer would advise.
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As Republicans noted in the time of Bill Clinton's impeachment, lying under oath is still perjury when it is about sex or a salacious topic.
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The Brooklyn district attorney's office referred the matter to the Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau, which led to perjury charges being filed against Officer Moloney.
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The notion that police officers have financial incentives in making arrests also emerged at the trial last month of a Queens detective convicted of perjury.
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A grand jury — based on what was known at the time, including video of the encounter from the officer's dashcam — indicted Mr. Encinia for perjury.
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" Mr. Wittes added that he did not believe that Mr. Barr had lied or committed perjury — but that it "is possible to mislead without lying.
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A former New York City police detective pleaded guilty to perjury in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday and was sentenced to 60 days in jail.
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A New York police detective was arrested on Tuesday on federal perjury charges after prosecutors concluded that he had fabricated evidence in a carjacking case.
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Another set of memos that Mr. Kavanaugh was copied on explored the history of prosecutors bringing perjury and obstruction of justice charges against public officials.
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His testimony appears to refute comments made by his father that he was never warned about Dowless, who has felony convictions of fraud and perjury.
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On Wednesday, the perjury charge against Mr. Encinia was dismissed by a judge, after prosecutors filed a motion asking for the charge to be dropped.
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Nixon, who was impeached after he refused to leave office even after being convicted on a charge of committing perjury, decided to challenge the decision.
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"Clarence Thomas committed perjury when accused of sexual harassment then went on to significantly weaken laws against harassment as a justice," L'Italien tweeted on Wednesday.
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Bill Clinton survived his sex and perjury scandal, but part of him doing so was to concede in public that what he did was wrong.
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It centered on whether anyone who was interviewed by investigators or testified before a grand jury about the tapes made false statements or committed perjury.
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But allies of the president have repeatedly referred to such an interview as a "perjury trap" intended to unfairly ensnare Trump in unintentionally contradictory statements.
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Nixon had been convicted in a criminal court of committing perjury before a grand jury but did not resign from office even after his incarceration.
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But Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have yet to specifically ask for a perjury inquiry into the 53-year-old appeals court judge's statements.
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I maintained in the Clinton testimony, and still maintain in my Trump testimony, that perjury on any subject by a sitting president is clearly impeachable.
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That means a blizzard of subpoenas, officials being hauled up to Capitol Hill to testify under penalty of perjury and a mountain of legal bills.
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Mr. Freedman was indicted in 1958 for perjury, accused of lying to a grand jury when he said he had not given questions to contestants.
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Two of them -- for perjury in depositions other than the grand jury and for obstructing Congress -- didn't make it out of the House of Representatives.
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Mr. Lee was also accused of committing perjury when he insisted during a parliamentary hearing that he had never bribed Ms. Choi or Ms. Park.
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He has a criminal record that includes convictions for perjury and insurance fraud, and he previously drew scrutiny, but not prosecution, for his political work.
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Corsi called the impending indictment the result of a "perjury trap," though he emphasized that he wasn't totally sure what the indictment might be for.
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Less than a majority (45) voted to convict him on the perjury charge and exactly half (50) voted to convict him on obstruction of justice.
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Perjury is also wrong, but the focus on that element reeked of an effort to find a charge, any charge, with which to impeach Clinton.
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"The potential for perjury is especially high in this case because they have a defendant who is notoriously incapable of verbal self-control," Mezey said.
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Famous examples include Martha Stewart (who was convicted of obstruction and lying to investigators but no underlying crime), the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby (who was charged and convicted for obstruction, perjury and false statements but later pardoned by Trump), and Roger Stone (whom Mueller has charged with perjury but no separate crime underlying his allegedly false testimony).
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Rep. Joaquin CastroJoaquin CastroSondland emerges as key target after Vindman testimony New testimony raises concerns over Sondland's credibility, says Wasserman Schultz Intelligence panel Democrat: It appears Sondland committed perjury MORE (D-Texas), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said late Monday that he believes U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland committed perjury in his congressional testimony to investigators in their impeachment inquiry.
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Prosecutors had earlier demanded a 12-year jail term for Lee, who was also accused of embezzlement, hiding assets overseas, concealment of criminal proceeds and perjury.
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"We remain adamant that an FBI investigation, where all witnesses are questioned under threat of perjury, is the only way to get the truth," Clune tweeted.
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But in reality, no incriminating information was found on the laptop about perjury, money laundering, or child exploitation related to Clinton or any of her advisers.
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I do point out in my book that perjury is still a very serious crime; maybe it will be the downfall of the Donald one day!
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At the end of your tax return, there is a statement that under penalty of perjury, the taxpayer believes the information to be true and accurate.
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Schiff pointed to Prince's infamous meeting in the Seychelles in January 2017 with a Russian official close to Vladimir Putin as one example of possible perjury.
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So, we&aposre not -- I can assure you this tonight, this legal team is not walking this president to a perjury trap, not going to happen.
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Meanwhile, Barr was on record saying certain acts, such as destroying evidence or suborning perjury, would qualify as obstruction of justice if the president committed them.
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Perjury and obstruction of justice, the crimes Bill was accused of committing, are both serious felonies that have landed plenty of less-powerful people in prison.
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Covered Sessions for years, I have no doubt on this Jeff Sessions in 1999 speaking on the importance of prosecuting Bill Clinton over perjury allegations pic.twitter.
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The House of Representatives impeached Clinton for it in 1998, along with perjury, and considered charging Nixon with it before his resignation during the Watergate crisis.
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"And then you can say it is perjury, which is even easier for them, which is where I think, if they are sneaky, they are going."
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"Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication," Trump wrote, suggesting that Comey, who was under oath at the hearing, had committed perjury.
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The public, Congress and law enforcement are entitled to know whether accusers are telling the truth or are committing perjury for partisan or other ideological reasons.
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Mr. Starr's conclusion that Mr. Clinton had committed perjury in sworn testimony denying having had "sexual relations" with Ms. Lewinsky eventually led to Mr. Clinton's impeachment.
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" Jerrold Nadler, the incoming House Judiciary Committee chairman, at the time declared that "perjury regarding sex is not a great and dangerous offense against the nation.
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Corsi recently said he will refuse to sign a deal with the special counsel's office pleading guilty to perjury because he doesn't believe he knowingly lied.
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Trump did so last week, pardoning Scooter Libby, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, for obstructing justice, perjury and lying to the FBI.
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His perjury charge had a vote of 55 not guilty to 45 guilty, and his obstruction of justice charge was 50 not guilty to 50 guilty.
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After much hand-wringing, bloviating, and debate, on February 12, 1999, then-President Bill Clinton was acquitted on two charges of impeachment (perjury, obstruction of justice).
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Giuliani also weighed in on the possibility that Cohen may have lied to Congress, saying Trump's former personal lawyer and "fixer" should be prosecuted for perjury.
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If, after receiving a pardon, Cohen is forced to testify and commits perjury to protect the President, he could be then prosecuted for that new felony.
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Read: And the Biggest Loser from Impeachment Opening Day Is… But he also seems pretty keen on not giving any ground to be charged for perjury.
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The government could have charged Robert Stewart with perjury and making false statements to government agents if he testified inconsistently with earlier responses after his arrest.
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A grand jury indicted the officer on a perjury charge, but prosecutors dropped it in exchange for his agreement to never again work as a policeman.
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"California charging doctors with perjury for writing fraudulent exemptions is unique," said Dorit Reiss, a law professor at UC Hastings and an expert on vaccination law.
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Twenty of the 27 judges I interviewed said that police perjury occurred, six did not directly respond, and only one said that it did not occur.
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If that were proven, the president could be guilty of suborning perjury, which is a clear federal crime and would be an obvious ground for impeachment.
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Brian Encinia, the Texas state trooper who arrested Bland, was charged with perjury in connection to the traffic stop which led to Bland's arrest and death.
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Most of all, as a citizen I've come to see that the scandal was never about infidelity or perjury — or at least, it shouldn't have been.
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In August, a Common Pleas Court jury here found her guilty of two felony perjury charges and seven misdemeanor counts, forcing her to resign from office.
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Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has been sentenced to 10 to 23 months in prison for perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of office charges.
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But the opinion issued on Tuesday by Judge Jack B. Weinstein of Federal District Court in Brooklyn may signal a broader judicial inquiry into police perjury.
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So it was no surprise this week when compelling evidence emerged that the secretary may have committed perjury in his zealous pursuit of the president's agenda.
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After an investigation by a congressional subcommittee into whether he'd committed perjury in denying the charges, he was tried twice, and was eventually convicted in 1950.
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They did so even though local news reports going back to at least 22014 noted his criminal record, which included felony convictions for perjury and fraud.
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That may suggest that no "slam dunk" evidence of obstruction of justice — the destruction of evidence, subornment of perjury, or witness tampering — emerged in Mueller's investigation.
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It's of course politically easier to go after a president for having committed a crime — for example, perjury, for which President Bill Clinton was ostensibly impeached.
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Mueller alleges Manafort tried to tamper with 2 witnesses in his money laundering case by "repeatedly" contacting them through WhatsApp and encouraging them to commit perjury.
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