Posted on 05/09/2013 3:59:46 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
Wednesday's testimony on the Benghazi terror attacks by State Department whistleblowers before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform contradicted several statements by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in testimony before House and Senate committees in January. However, while Clinton may have misled Congress in her testimony, she likely did not commit perjury because she never actually testified under oath.
Video recordings of Clinton's Jan. 23 testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee suggest that she was never sworn in.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
It`s either one or both.
I thought it was illegal to lie to Congress in any case.
“I thought it was illegal to lie to Congress in any case.”
Unless you are or were one of them.
Article goes on to say that Dempsy and Panetta were not under oath either.
Democrats are never held to account for any wrongdoing.
That’s because the idiots afreed to let her “testify” without swearing her in.
Statements not made under oath are NOT testimony.
Maybe the Republicans were afraid that Mrs. Clinton would get mad at them if they asked her testify under oath. They want to go out to dinner with her after she becomes president.
Well she was sworn in as Sec of State. What was in that?
Well, this certainly explains their lackadaisical attitude towards the whole thing.
I am hurling.
Fine. Subpoena her cankled ass, drag her back in front of the committee, and swear her in this time. If it was good enough for Ollie North....
The incompetency is UNBELIEVABLE.
I WAS heartened for once ..to see Issa, chafetz, Gowdy,etc.
ROTFLOL Utter nonsense.
It does not matter. She is guilty of abuse under the color of authority. Also, if she did willfully lead to the death of these men, then she is an accessory to murder.
definition of “is” all over again...
Rose Law records, cattle futures, Vince Foster....
She cannot be touched.
I heard Judge Napolitano say the same thing. He didn't seem to see the lack of an oath as a big deal. Levin, referrring to this article,on the other hand, seems to think it is a big deal that she wasn't given the oath. I don't have a clue.
Infuriating! Above the law!
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Perjury and lying to Congress are two different crimes. Perjury, defined under 18 U.S.C. § 1621, requires violation of an oath.
The crime of making a false statement to Congress, defined under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, covers lying about or concealing a "a material fact" in "any investigation or review, conducted pursuant to the authority of any committee, subcommittee, commission or office of the Congress, consistent with applicable rules of the House or Senate."
The difference is subtle but significant. A witness testifying under oath is under a greater obligation to tell the truth right down to what he or she believes it to be.
A witness merely testifying to a committee of Congress without taking an oath may not subjectively believe what he or she is saying but will probably escape punishment, so long as he or she does not "knowingly and willfully" misrepresent or cover up a material fact.
What good is testimony when it is not under oath? Please inform me.
You’re asking the wrong person.
They should all have been obliged to swear in if you ask me.
If it’s not under oath then it is NOT testimony. It’s just an unsworn statement.
Under Oath? Hillary took an oath, a long time ago, and it supercedes, any other possible compliance to a silly “swearing-in process.” Ask Saul Alinsky.
Hillary would not testify under oath. But the did want to get her on the record.
Rose Law records, cattle futures, Vince Foster....
She cannot be touched.
Agreed. She is virtually untouchable. Her brain is the most trained brain in the history of our country. She can be sharp as a tack, then her mind can become jello on demand(I can't recall) or quite as easily concussed, all to suit her demanding persona.
None of this, however, would be possible without political power.
The fix is in.
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