Yes, I know the special prosecutor law expired. Lucky for Dubya, too.
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In a (so far successful) attempt to stop a scandal, Bush perjured himself under
oath, according to the sworn testimony of two of his political allies. The
situation is amazingly similar to Clinton's Lewinsky problem: a potentially
damaging lawuit arose (see below) that threatened to involve him. Just like
Clinton, Bush swore an affidavit that he had no involvement in the case, which
got him excused from testifying. And just like Clinton, the affidavit was proven
false months later by new evidence. In this case, it's the recent sworn
testimony of Robert MacNeil, a Bush appointee, that he had discussed the case
with Bush at a fundraiser.
This scandal isn't as sexy as Monica's, but perjury is perjury, and this scandal
actually involves the governor's job, not his sex life. Texas' state commission
on funeral homes (the TFSC) started an investigation of SCI, the world's largest
funeral home company (with 3,442 homes, plus 433 cemeteries) after
complaints that unlicensed apprenctices were embalming corpses at 2 SCI
embalming centers. The commission visited a couple of these, and ended up
fining SCI $450,000.
But SCI pulled strings with the commission and with Bush himself. Shortly
thereafter, the investigation was shut down and the agency's investigator was
fired. She sought to question Bush for her lawsuit, and that's when he swore his
admittedly false affidavit. In fact, that affidavit has been proven false twice
now.
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