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  • MamboGator@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that perjury? At this rate, Trump really could commit murder in public and never see jail.

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      Perjury is complicated to prove.

      The concern is making him into the martyr that he’s made himself into.

      His supporters will not be fed anything factual about the events.

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        1 year ago

        Perjury is complicated to prove.

        That’s depressing, but thanks for pointing it out. When the presiding judge states that your sworn testimony is untrue, I would have thought that was enough.

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          In this case, it wasn’t his testimony but his defense as to why he didn’t violate his gag order for a second time. I’m not strictly sure if you can perjure yourself in your defense for such a situation, but either way it was the judge just not buying his excuse.

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      Perjury is only for statements made under oath in open court, and as noted below it’s hard to prove that someone knew they where lying.