Let us reinsert the part you left out.
Mrs Zimmerman said she didn’t know how much money had been raised, but that her brother in law did know and that the court could ask him.
The presiding judge chose not to do so, even though he was present.
So by the court records, the Zimmermans never did stonewall the court.
I didn’t leave anything out. As I said, you can argue the prosecution overreacted. I don’t think they can get a perjury conviction. But there is really no question that they did deceive the court. Zimmerman’s wife had access to the account in question, and in fact had accessed it multiple times for four consecutive days immediately prior to her testimony that she had no idea how much money had been raised. Her answer was non-committal enough that it would be difficult to prove that she willfully lied. Certainly, at the moment she testified, she couldn’t know the exact amount. But she did know that it was at least $120,000, because that is the amount she withdrew over the previous four days.
There is also no question that these transfers were discussed and planned between Zimmerman and his wife.
How is that not deceiving the court?