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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Hippieslayer who wrote (5947)9/16/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: Scrapps  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13994
 
Fugazi, you need to sleep in longer......

From Webster's:

Entry Word: perjure
Function: vb
Text: to make a false swearer of oneself by violating one's oath to tell the truth <a perjured witness>
Synonyms forswear
Related Word equivocate; deceive, delude, mislead, trick; lie, prevaricate commit perjury, lie under oath, swear falsely

Main Entry: perújuúry
Pronunciation: 'p&r-j&-rE, 'p&rj-rE
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
: the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing

From the Starr Report:

Grounds
There is Substantial and Credible Information that President Clinton Committed Acts that May Constitute Grounds for an Impeachment
Introduction

I. There is substantial and credible information that President Clinton lied under oath as a defendant in Jones v. Clinton regarding his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

II. There is substantial and credible information that President Clinton lied under oath to the grand jury about his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

III. There is substantial and credible information that President Clinton lied under oath during his civil deposition when he stated that he could not recall being alone with Monica Lewinsky and when he minimized the number of gifts they had exchanged.

IV. There is substantial and credible information that the President lied under oath during his civil deposition concerning conversations he had with Monica Lewinsky about her involvement in the Jones case.

V. There is substantial and credible information that President Clinton endeavored to obstruct justice by engaging in a pattern of activity to conceal evidence regarding his relationship with Monica Lewinsky from the judicial process in the Jones case.

VI. There is substantial and credible information that
(i) President Clinton and Ms. Lewinsky had an understanding that they would lie under oath in the Jones case about their relationship