ObamacareForever
Senator
Nobody can be "trapped" into lying under oath. There is no such thing as a perjury trap. Why is it so hard for Trump to tell the truth?
WTF is a "Perjury Trap"
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"Truth isn't truth."
ObamacareForever
Senator
still trying to figure out what that even means.
Here's Giuliani's latest attempt:
"...What’s the truth? You tell me you how you figure out the truth,”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/rudy-giuliani-truth-relative
ObamacareForever
Senator
I think its fair to say that if that is Trump's defense is that dumb then it won't be long before he is jail.
Was Bill Clinton led into a perjury trap?
Tor-Pete-O
Mayor
Talk about dumb...........Wanna bet?
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Sickofleft
Guest
Actually there is, lawyer speak inside baseball stuff but you can be tossed into a perjury trap.
Essentially boils down to this, you as a person giving testimony tell the truth ......however in that situation you are actually not the one who gets to decide that.
Prosecutors use this to trip people up all the time, get them to say something they know is in accurate and then..........ya got them.
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Tor-Pete-O
Mayor
Mental midgette huh? No surprise there.........
A perjury trap is a form of prosecutorial misconduct in which a prosecutor calls a witness to testify, typically before a grand jury, with the intent of coercing the witness into perjury (intentional deceit under oath). Most often a perjury trap is employed because the prosecutor is unable to prosecute the defendant on other charges.
ObamacareForever
Senator
ObamacareForever
Senator
How is one "trapped" into lying?
ObamacareForever
Senator
Concoct a scenario, you think is a "Perjury trap". I need an example here.
Tor-Pete-O
Mayor
Wrong!
What was Slicks's crime? Perjury.
He lied. Lewinsky didn't.
He was caught lying because of DNA evidence he left at the scene. A perjury trap indeed.
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Sickofleft
Guest
Essentially boils down to this, you as a person giving testimony tell the truth ......however in that situation you are actually not the one who gets to decide that.
Prosecutors use this to trip people up all the time, get them to say something they know is inaccurate and then..........ya got them.
ObamacareForever
Senator
He was not trapped into committing perjury. He did that by choice.
ObamacareForever
Senator
The truth is the truth. There are not multiple versions of it. No one decides what the truth is. It is an absolute.
What stops them from telling the truth?
Tor-Pete-O
Mayor
He said, she said is a classic perjury trap.
Scenario.......
Trump asserts he had a bologna sandwich for lunch. Obama asserts that it was turkey. The investigator has two different responses and is now free to assume one of you is lying. The investigator then decides Trump is lying and charges him based on nothing but a difference of opinion. Trap slams shut.
Classic perujury trap. All it takes it two people with two different recollections of an incident.
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Sickofleft
Guest
The prosecutors decide all the time what the "truth" is in situations like this or the FBI, they trip people up all the time.
To entertain a perjury charge it just has to be relevant and inaccurate.
Tor-Pete-O
Mayor
Bullshit.
The azzhole lied. He knew he was lying when he did it. That much you are correct about.
However........he never thought for a minute she had the dress with his willie juice on it. He thought he was home free. But the prosecution had the dress and KNEW his spunk was on it.
The prosecution gave Slick the chance to tell the truth and he failed. Trap slams shut.
Pogue Mahone
Legalize it.
It's when an investigator tries to trick you into telling the truth in two different ways, so they can call it a lie and prosecute you for it.
