President Bush is allowing a few of his top aides to testify before congress, however they will not be testifying under oath. Is it illegal to lie to a congressional committee and if so what is the argument about. Are you bound by the law to tell the truth to a congressional committee whether you are under oath or not?
2007-03-21 10:37:34 · 10 answers · asked by jorst 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
not if youre not under oath
2007-03-21 10:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it isn't perjury unless the person testifying is under oath. There will also not be any transcripts. It is a worthless endeavor unless they are under oath in this case. The people that must go before congress will just dance around every question. I've seen Gonzalez do this many times.
Very frustrating.
2007-03-21 18:27:15 · answer #2 · answered by BekindtoAnimals22 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you are "under oath", it is not illegal to lie by anyone in this country. And believe me, Congress is NO different that other people. They lie all the time too.
2007-03-21 17:41:36 · answer #3 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the general rule in court is you take an oath to tell the truth under penalty of perjury and the best liar wins.....this way it gives bush's staff an opportunity to actually tell the truth if that is what they want to do
2007-03-22 12:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. 18 USC 1001.
But if the testimony is also off the record (not being recorded, no transcript) as Bush demanded, then there would be no admissible evidence that anyone lied.
2007-03-21 17:41:01 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you must tell the truth. However, it does not work the other way. Congress can lie all day long and there's no penalty.
2007-03-21 19:09:30 · answer #6 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should know, you're buddy Clinton lied to Congress and got his gay butt impeached and no matter how much you liberals lie, you can't find anything to impeach Bush on.
2007-03-21 18:38:36 · answer #7 · answered by Kevin A 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is illegal for a regular working stiff to lie to the feds, but they can lie all they want to you, so since bushes aids work for the fed gov, they can lie all they want.
2007-03-21 18:06:14 · answer #8 · answered by ati-atihan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Clinton lied to Congress every time he talked.
It was okay.
2007-03-21 17:43:29 · answer #9 · answered by wolf 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i did not have sex with that woman - bill clinton
2007-03-21 17:45:21 · answer #10 · answered by LetMEtell&AskYOU 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋