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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (7112)9/27/1998 12:35:00 AM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (2) of 13994
 
Hi Dwight E. Karlsen; Janet Reno knows how to prosecute perjury:

September 17, Press Conference, Janet Reno:

QUESTION: Have you ever prosecuted someone for perjury?

ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO: Have I ever prosecuted somebody for perjury?

QUESTION: Yes.

ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO: Yes.
usdoj.gov

Did a search for the word "misleading" on the DOJ web site.
Found some cases where people testified like Clinton did,
sort of dancing around the truth. They got in trouble.
One particular case showed up. Another case where
the defendant's statement could have been interpreted
as being truthful, but he didn't correct his attorney when
the attorney made the false statement. He got nailed for
perjury:

31. Although the defense presented Mr. Stockdale and
Mr. Lojo as witnesses to UAI's economic viability, it is clear
today that they were testifying about work being done by
Freeman's new company, UAN, a company whose very
existence at the time of sentencing remained unknown to
the Court, Probation and the Government. The Court finds
that this misleading testimony was offered by the defendants
as part of the aforesaid plan to deceive the Government,
Probation and the Court.
32. Mr. Freeman made no effort at sentencing to clear up
the confusion caused by the aforesaid testimony. Similarly he
said nothing when his counsel added to the confusion with the
following argument:
usdoj.gov

A witness deliberately causing a court to be confused about
material facts is something we cannot allow to happen in our
court system. Having it done by the president is not something
that the senate will easily be able to forgive.

At this point, it looks like a vote for impeachment in the
house will pass easily, as Carter suggested. Carter then
went on to say that the senate will not be able to vote to
convict. My guess is that the senate trial would not be
so easy to predict. For one thing, we really don't yet
know what the charges will be.

-- Carl
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