[heights]

“He wasn’t under oath, so as far as consequences are concerned his lies are meaningless”

Wrong. He was under oath. And he told the FBI the same story.

[mojito]

Simpson was not under oath. Simpson only agreed to testify if he was not under oath - he said that if he was compelled to give sworn testimony that he would plead the 5th.

[rolling_stone]

http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/10-takeaways-from-glenn-simpsons-fusion-gps-senate-testimony/

still 18 usc 1001 applies
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1001