These schemes usually include deceptive cover stories, financial statement manipulation and lying under oath.
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After Brown essentially accused Murdoch of lying under oath, News Corp. said its chairman stood by his testimony.
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Then, faced with the choice between admitting using banned substances or lying under oath, he chose perjury, Mr. Durham said.
In the last two years, three people in my state of Utah have been charged, convicted and sentenced for lying under oath.
It takes, though, not just a gambling spirit but unusual arrogance to risk everything on lying under oath in the High Court.
In 1989, Judge Nixon was convicted by the Senate and removed from office for perjury: in fact, for lying under oath to a grand jury.
Two of the most serious charges against him, of making a false official statement, and of lying under oath and obstructing justice, were dropped on a technicality.
They questioned whether Holder's response to Johnson's question amounted to lying under oath because of subsequent media reports that the Justice Department confirmed Holder took part in discussions on seeking a search warrant.
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As to the referral itself, we have seen or heard the media ask members the largely rhetorical question: Are you saying that lying under oath or obstruction of justice is not an impeachable offense?
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Clinton was acquitted by the full Senate at the beginning of 1999, after the House impeached him for lying under oath about his relationship with the former intern while giving his sworn deposition in the Jones case.
Just as the committee cannot divorce the phrase "lying under oath" from the facts about which the president is alleged to have lied, so, too, it should not divorce the allegations of obstruction, or whatever the majority staff chooses to call them, from the actual evidence.
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But be that as it may, they swear under oath in testimony before the judge who is trying the case on its merits, and A or B loses--whoever the loser--are they taken over to criminal court and charged for lying under oath and obstruction of justice?
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Unlike the Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens case, in which both baseball stars testified before a federal grand jury and Congress and were accused of lying under oath, Armstrong was not questioned by federal authorities under oath, and therefore was not exposed to potential criminal perjury charges in the Los Angeles case, the source said.
And in that same year, Judge Hastings was convicted of lying under oath and removed by the Senate even though he had already been acquitted in a criminal trial. (It is generally recognized that an act need not be criminal in order to be impeachable.) As these examples illustrate, perjury is and historically has been a sufficient cause for conviction and removal.
But lying to a federal executive branch employee is -- even if you're not under oath and even if telling the truth might incriminate you and even if no one is fooled by your lie.
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