Legal Question in Criminal Law in District of Columbia
perjury
I am a liberal who is debating with a conservative about the Libby trial. He contends that Libby is a victim of a partisan witch hunt in the same way that we liberals contend that Clinton was. I pointed out that Clinton was impeached for lying under oath about an extramarital affair, whereas Libby is indicted by a federal grand jury for lying about an investigation into the administration's complicity in outing a CIA covert agent. I contend that it matters, in a court of law when a judge is considering a charge of perjury, what the subject of the lie is. Can you help me with any precedent for that contention?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: perjury
Hello there,
In order to commit perjury here in Texas one has to testify untruthfully in a way that the testimony will affect the outcome of the final decision of the court.
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Erick Platten
PLATTEN LAW OFFICE
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