▲ 837 ▼ ‘TRUMP WON!’ Proud Boy Who Told Judge He Was ‘Changed Man’ Raises Fist and Shouts MAGA Slogan On Way to 10-Year Prison Sentence (www.mediaite.com) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 129 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child) That’s not how it works. His statement out of court can be used as evidence that his statements in court were false (perjury). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nougat@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago Probably not. You're allowed to lie in "general" speech (not a legal term). If he had made one statement under oath, and a mutually exclusive statement, also under oath, then one of those statements would be perjury. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nougat@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago Probably not. You're allowed to lie in "general" speech (not a legal term). If he had made one statement under oath, and a mutually exclusive statement, also under oath, then one of those statements would be perjury. permalink fedilink source parent