It is a federal crime to commit perjury and obstruct justice in civil cases, including sexually harassment cases.

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You tell consumers to commit perjury in state court, yet you warn them about criminal penalties for perjury in bankruptcy court.

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He also denies another charge of attempting to persuade a witness to commit perjury shortly before the 23-day legal action got under way.

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It had also been alleged Mr Sheridan attempted to convince SSP leader Colin Fox to commit perjury but this has been removed from the indictment, the court was told, due to a lack of corroboration.

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