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- politics@kbin.social
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- politics@kbin.social
Get live updates from the trial of former President Trump in a $250 million fraud suit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Get live updates from the trial of former President Trump in a $250 million fraud suit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I want to know why we care about them at this point. They sent their best and brightest on Jan. 6. I remain unimpressed.
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.