To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (131336 ) 3/4/2017 2:04:22 PM From: Elroy Jetson Read Replies (4) | Respond to To be sure, voluntarily lying under oath is not an indication of intelligence. I've been paid to answer questions under oath on many occasions and during depositions asked hours of tedious questions under oath for days. Given the fees I was charging I would have been content to be testify under oath for years at a time. Although I'm not an an attorney, it's assumed I know I can't lie under oath and I know I face time in prison if I lie. I've never lied under oath - and it's not very complicated to understand.your answer has to be yes unless you've never been there .A person who doesn't understand the law may think to themselves, I don't need to tell them I've been to DC because this isn't relevant to this inquiry, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with going to Washington DC, and plenty of other people have been there too, and most people I know wouldn't mind if I lied about this. A weasel answer would be, I don't recall at this time and I'll need to look at my records. The person who says something like this may know they're lying. But unless they later admit they actually did remember but lied anyway, there's no way they can be found guilty of perjury for not remembering.For someone who has no legal training a prosecutor will explain to them exactly what perjury is and what the penalties are and ask them if they wish to change their answer .anything while under oath and what the penalties are. Sessions is an attorney, former prosecutor and now the top law enforcement officer in the United States lying under oath on national television. It's egregious.The rule is you can't lie on your Security Clearance Questionaire because this makes you a security risk . To someone unfamiliar with our government this may seem harsh or arbitrary, but it's the way government security clearances work . For most jobs it doesn't matter that you smoked pot in the past 7 years, but if you have, you can't lie about it and say you haven't. The FBI then sends out agents to question your friends, associates and employers and verify your answers.Because most people are unfamiliar with this process, the FBI agent explains all of this to you before you fill out your security clearance application . The FBI agent specifically warns you you will not be given a security clearance if you lie on your application. This is why when corrupt people get done in by FBI investigations, the majority of the time it's with a charge of perjury. The FBI may not be able to find enough evidence to charge them with corruption, bribery, or some other crime - but if the FBI can prove they have lied under oath, off to prison to prison they go.after the election in his Senate office, and twice before in other cities.I'll investigate if there has been any violation of US law, or I'll someone else do so. "rather than answer the question , Sessions denied he had met with any representative of the Russian government during the campaign and he didn't know of anyone else who did either.He volunteered that lie himself without prompting - which is what make it so shocking. An FBI psychologist would tell you this often happens when a person feels guilty and is trying to cover-up something. - they go out of their way to lie above and beyond what is asked to try to make themselves sound honest.
