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(13,110 posts)They should be fined.
They are vile.
onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)AleksS
(1,665 posts)I wonder if their oaths in any way make these republicans vulnerable to perjury charges in this case.
It would be amazing to see them go down for "Lying for Trump."
Peregrine Took
(7,417 posts)Drifter
(4,751 posts)Why aren't these fuckers under oath?
Cheers
Drifter
Liberal In Texas
(13,579 posts)If he thinks he's telling the truth, he's a fool.
eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)By Laura Jarrett, CNN
Updated 7:54 PM ET, Mon July 24, 2017
(CNN)The President's eldest son (Donald Trump Jr.) son-in-law (Jared Kushner) and former campaign chairman (Paul Manafort) are sitting down with the staff and members of several Senate committees, but sources tell CNN some of the meetings will be behind closed doors and not under oath.
But even if the men don't raise their right hand before speaking, they still have to tell the truth.
Federal law makes it a crime to "knowingly and willfully" give "materially" false statements to Congress, even if unsworn -- which is not to be confused with the more general crime of perjury for lying under oath.
The consequences for either crime are serious: one can face up to five years in prison.
Like many criminal statutes, however, proving a witness "knowingly" sought to mislead sets a high bar for prosecution -- meaning the omission can't be merely a mistake or accident. And the "materiality" requirement means the false statement has to actually matter -- i.e., a tendency to influence the listener.
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more: https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/penalty-for-lying-to-congress/index.html