Justin Amash, a Michigan Republican, flat-out accused Clapper of committing perjury.
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Kavanaugh's evasiveness during the hearing never quite reached the threshold of committing perjury, despite their claims.
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Other charges against him include embezzlement, illegal transfer of property abroad and committing perjury during a parliamentary hearing.
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Pruitt is under investigation by the Oklahoma Bar Association for allegedly lying under oath to Congress (aka committing perjury).
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Democratic senators accused Judge Kavanaugh of committing perjury at his two prior confirmation hearings — charges that do not withstand scrutiny.
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Cohen did say he planned to pursue one in the future, but it's hard to see how committing perjury — again!
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It was also the basis for the GOP-controlled House's impeachment of Bill Clinton for lying under oath, for committing perjury.
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Facts first: The standard for lying to Congress and committing perjury is very high and willful intent to mislead must be proved.
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The far-right figure yelled outside the hearing room that Dorsey was "committing perjury" and claimed his site was discriminating against conservatives.
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"I don't see how we can do it," said Giuliani, who has repeatedly expressed concern about the risk of Trump committing perjury.
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When the burglars were caught, the Nixon administration tried to cover it up by destroying records, committing perjury and paying hush money.
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Trump failed the test miserably, Woodward writes, and Dowd left convinced that the President could not survive Mueller's questioning without committing perjury.
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On Friday night, Trump promoted a tweet by a Trump supporter that included the alleged whistleblower's name and accused him of committing perjury.
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Nixon, who was impeached after he refused to leave office even after being convicted on charge of committing perjury, decided to challenge the decision.
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But federal prosecutors, in a separate filing, argued that no leniency should be shown, accusing both defendants of repeatedly committing perjury during their trial.
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Pruitt is just one of five members of the Trump administration who stand accused of lying under oath before Congress — also known as committing perjury.
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Nixon, who was impeached after he refused to leave office even after being convicted on a charge of committing perjury, decided to challenge the decision.
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Nixon had been convicted in a criminal court of committing perjury before a grand jury but did not resign from office even after his incarceration.
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Mr. Lee was also accused of committing perjury when he insisted during a parliamentary hearing that he had never bribed Ms. Choi or Ms. Park.
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The public, Congress and law enforcement are entitled to know whether accusers are telling the truth or are committing perjury for partisan or other ideological reasons.
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Jeff Sessions for making false statements or committing perjury to Congress during his confirmation hearing for attorney general in part because of the inexact wording of the questions.
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Giuliani, who is leading talks with Mueller's team, has also claimed that an interview with the special counsel would be an attempt to trick Trump into committing perjury.
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In a very short press conference, the president of the United States accused the FBI director of committing perjury and refused to say if he had a secret taping system.
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While a nominee clearly committing perjury in a confirmation hearing could raise grounds for impeachment, it would be in stark contrast to the past record of these very same members.
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As Axios' Jonathan Swan reported last week, White House officials are panicked by the idea of Trump testifying under oath, believing he wouldn't be able to do so without committing perjury.
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When questioned by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2014 and lawyers from the Securities and Exchange Commission last year, he lied, compounding his securities fraud by committing perjury.
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Hopkins initially faced charges of kidnapping, use of a firearm in during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a felon (he was convicted for committing perjury in 2006).
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Trump was in grave danger of committing perjury if he was forced to answer questions from Mueller's team under oath, Trump's own lawyer believed, according to the veteran Washington reporter Bob Woodward.
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What if the president, any president, were secretly to suggest to these witnesses that he will pardon them if they are convicted of contempt for refusing to testify or for committing perjury while testifying?
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The result was seen as a referendum on Republican overreach after Clinton was impeached for committing perjury and obstruction of justice following a scandal arising out of his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
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But in April 2000, Mr. Gallagher was indicted on charges of committing perjury, attempting to evade $21995,290 in income taxes and conspiring with former Jersey City Mayor Thomas J. Whelan and others to hide kickbacks.
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If Sessions perjured himself in a confirmation hearing, that's an insult to the integrity of Congress — especially if he's then turning around and accusing James Comey of committing perjury before the Senate Intelligence Committee last week.
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Dearn said in an interview that she was just being "carefully paranoid" and protecting her client from accidentally committing perjury if he testifies and contradicts something he told investigators back in May without a lawyer present.
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There is a concern, echoed by several Republicans, that the interview is an effort to try to catch Trump Jr. in a lie since several Democrats have already accused Trump Jr. of committing perjury, the sources said.
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In his aggressive defense of President Trump, Kasowitz has in substance accused the former Director of the FBI of leaking "privileged communications" and of possibly committing perjury in his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.
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You cannot go under oath and start talking about this stuff or you are going to create or you either going to reveal information that will put you in jail, or you are going to end up committing perjury.
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In 1963, he defended Christine Keeler, a model and showgirl who pleaded guilty to committing perjury as a witness in earlier trials relating to the Profumo Affair, which almost brought down the conservative government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
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This makes no sense in Comey's case, because he would have to be deliberately committing perjury in order to hurt the president, knowing full well that the president's allies would be highly motivated to try and prosecute him for even the smallest factual discrepancies.
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Mr. Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor and New York City mayor hired by Mr. Trump to smooth communication between the White House and the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, instead painted Mr. Mueller as an out-of-control prosecutor bent on trapping Mr. Trump into committing perjury.
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During the first Infrastructure Week, in June 2017, White House aides dutifully plugged along with topical messaging, hoping to distract from more pressing controversies, until Mr. Trump closed out a Rose Garden event by accusing James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, of committing perjury in his congressional testimony about the president's behavior during an investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia.
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If the pardon talk was knowingly initiated for the purpose of inducing Flynn or Manafort to not reach a plea agreement with Mueller or to falsify testimony to the grand jury or in interviews with Mueller, it could be grounds for charging obstruction of justice or charging bribery, the offering of a pardon in return for not accepting a plea bargain or committing perjury in testimony.
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In 1982 a written "guideline as to the nature of the lie to be told" with regard to "method of physical pressure" was issued by the highest GSS authorities.AI page 43, Landau para 2.31. The Commission was satisfied that the practice of committing perjury had "completely discontinued" after the head of GSS issued a directive on 10 June 1987.
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The hotel boiler explodes and both Josh and Doug die. Paul supports her and tells her he loves her, but she is horrified when Paul is arrested for the explosion. Terese meets Walter Mitchell at an AA meeting and they briefly date. Terese bribes Cecilia Saint (Candice Alley) into committing perjury, so Paul is sent to prison.
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Buena Park City Councilman Sangjin Miller Oh—who campaigns and serves as Miller Oh—was charged with multiple felony perjury counts on DMV documents to avoid paying child support to his ex-wife. Oh is accused of committing perjury on six occasions between September 23, 2004, and July 20, 2009 by signing official DMV documents using fraudulent information.
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Embattled UMass President Says Goodbye to Students, New York Times (August 31, 2003).Elizabeth Mehren, Under Fire, UMass Leader Bulger Quits, Los Angeles Times (August 7, 2003). John "Jackie" Bulger, a retired Massachusetts court clerk magistrate, was convicted in April 2003 of committing perjury in front of two grand juries regarding sworn statements he gave concerning contacts with his fugitive brother.
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When Nixon was interviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Department of Justice, he denied any involvement whatsoever. Subsequently, a federal grand jury was empaneled and he again denied his involvement. He was convicted of making false statements to a grand jury. In 1989, he was impeached by the United States House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate, for committing perjury before a grand jury.
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He is acquitted in the subsequent proceedings by his friend Judge Cary Rossington. The local police chief Duncan Hopley also obstructs the case by committing perjury for Billy. Outraged by the injustice, Suzanne's father, Tadzu Lempke, places a curse on Billy on the steps of the courthouse by touching his face and uttering "Thinner". Soon afterward, Billy begins to lose weight rapidly, despite not working out or sticking to his diet.
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Some of these convictions, however, were reversed on appeal in 1991 when it was found that Anthony Guariglia, former Wedtech president and a star government witness, had committed perjury, and that the prosecutors had reason to know he was committing perjury. Guariglia had been convicted of lying about stopping his compulsive gambling, and an appeals court found that the jury would have likely discredited his testimony if it had known about the perjury.
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In Fox v. Franken, Chin denied Fox News Channel (who alleged a trademark violation) an injunction against Al Franken's Book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.Fox News Drops Franken Lawsuit, CBS News, Aug. 25, 2003 Chin also presided over the criminal prosecution of Larry Stewart, the handwriting expert who was accused of committing perjury during the trial of Martha Stewart (no relation).
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On 23 March 2010 Taoiseach Brian Cowen appointed Killeen as Minister of Defence replacing Willie O'Dea who had resigned for committing perjury in front of the High Court. On 6 January 2011, Killeen announced his decision not to contest the 2011 general election, citing medical advice as his reason, having been diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2008. He resigned as Minister for Defence on 19 January 2011. On retirement he received a lump sum of €221,000 and an annual pension of €69,000.
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177 He was later described by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a national hero, and was a guest at her 80th birthday celebrations in 2005. His marriage to Valerie Hobson lasted until her death on 13 November 1998, aged 81;Profumo, p. 286 Profumo died, aged 91, on 9 March 2006. In December 1963 Keeler pleaded guilty to committing perjury at Gordon's June trial, and she was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, of which she served four and a half months.
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36–37, 2008. . The trial did not go well; Sulzer didn't even testify in his own defense. The court convicted Sulzer on three of the Articles of Impeachment on the afternoon of October 16, finding him guilty of filing a false report with the Secretary of State concerning his campaign contributions, committing perjury, and advising another person to commit perjury before an Assembly committee."Report Says Court Will Convict Governor on Three of Articles", Syracuse Herald, October 16, 1913, p. 1.
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He was the lead Republican sponsor of the 1985 deregulation of natural gas prices. In 1989, he was one of the successful House managers in the impeachment trial of then-Judge Walter Nixon for committing perjury in front of a grand jury. In 1990 he was one of twenty representatives to vote against the Americans with Disabilities Act. Dannemeyer was an outspoken critic of LGBT rights and on June 29, 1989 read a graphic description of gay sex into the Congressional Record titled "What Homosexuals Do".
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On April 28, 2014, Grimm was charged by federal authorities with 20 counts of fraud, federal tax evasion, and perjury. On December 23, 2014, he pleaded guilty to a single count of felony tax fraud, and "acknowledged committing perjury, hiring illegal immigrants, and committing wire fraud". After initially vowing to retain his seat, Grimm announced on December 30, 2014, that he would resign from Congress effective January 5, 2015. On May 5, 2015, Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. won the special election to replace Grimm.
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The term gained political clout in the 1990s, starting with the success of the 1993 novel Wag the Dog. In 1997, a film came out based on that novel, Wag the Dog. In it, a president was failing in his re-election bid, and came up with the scheme of using military action to save his campaign. This became a "reality" the year after it was released, when Bill Clinton faced impeachment during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, where he was caught in the felony of committing perjury.
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Unlike Levi, Nathan is supportive of any decision Maxie makes on her own—but they struggle to recognize how right they are each other. But it Nathan's willingness to break the law for Maxie by committing perjury that allows for fans to root for the couple. With Maxie and Levi set to marry to prevent him from being deported, Nathan admits to himself that he has feelings for Maxie. The triangle culminates with Levi proving to be even more dangerous than even Nathan could have thought.
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One of O'Connor's letters, with satirical preamble by the editors of The Colonial Times O'Connor became notorious for his quarrelsome and litigious behaviour, pursuing public disputes in the pages of local newspapers. In 1830 Dudley Fereday, the local sheriff and moneylender, sued O'Connor for libel after O'Connor had publicly denounced him for committing perjury when his business practices were examined in a court case. Fereday sued for £5000 damages. Joseph Gellibrand, O'Connor's lawyer, gave "a detailed account of Fereday as the prince of usurers, lending money at 35 per cent interest".
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Barry Andrews was appointed as health spokesman, Billy Kelleher transport, Peter Power foreign affairs and trade, and Niall Collins defence. He also appointed Willie O'Dea, a former Minister of Defence who had resigned in February 2010 after committing perjury in front of the High Court, as communications spokesperson. Brian Lenihan would continue as the finance spokesman in addition to being Finance Minister. In early February, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told political parties to go ahead with the terms of the EU-IMF financial bailout plan.
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Haughey admitted arranging customs clearance for the shipment, but claimed in his defence that he did not know it consisted of weapons. This directly contradicted the evidence of Gibbons and Peter Berry that Haughey was fully aware of all the details of the conspiracy. It also contradicted the testimony of his co-defendants, who admitted that they had tried to import weapons, but maintained that the shipment had been legally authorised by the government. During the trial the judge remarked that either Haughey or Gibbons had to be committing perjury.
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The Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Walter Nixon, was convicted of committing perjury before a grand jury but refused to resign from office even after he had been incarcerated. Nixon was subsequently impeached by the US House of Representatives, and the matter was referred to the Senate for a vote on Nixon's removal. The Senate appointed a committee to hear the evidence against Nixon and later report to the body as a whole. The Senate then heard the report of the committee and voted to remove Nixon from office.
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On April 26, 2018, they appeared at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on alleged filtering practices of social media platforms. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee asked the two women if they had ever received money from the Trump campaign, to which Hardaway responded, "We have never been paid by the Trump campaign." Representative Hakeem Jeffries suggested that they could be committing perjury and showed them a Federal Election Commission filing which reported that the Trump campaign paid them $1,275 on November 22, 2016 for "field consulting". Diamond and Silk then stated that the payment was reimbursement for the cost of airplane tickets.
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Thompson responded by filing a countersuit, accusing Take-Two of violating federal RICO statues, committing perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiring against him with third parties to deprive him of his civil rights. Both parties reached a settlement on 20 April 2007, agreeing to drop their respective lawsuits. Under the terms of the settlement, Thompson has been barred from suing to ban the sale or distribution of games by Take- Two or its subsidiaries. He is restricted to communicating through Take-Two's attorneys on any future matter, but is able to maintain his outspoken stance against their titles and may act as counsel in lawsuits against Take-Two by other parties.
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The defendant can be called to the stand, but he may refuse to bear testimony Technically, a defendant does not bear testimony, he is not a witness; in fact, in Italian, a witness is interrogato, whereas a defendant is esaminato or he may refuse to answer some questions. He can also lie. Since he does not take an oath and since he is not technically a witness, if a defendant tells a lie, he is not committing perjury. A defendant can also choose to make spontaneous statements to the Judge; he can tell whatever he wishes to tell and can choose not to answer any questions.
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Those that were capable of breaking open > heavy locks at night without being noticed by watchdogs nor waking up people > had to be in command of supernatural abilities. Equally weird were those > that were capable of murdering innocent lives. They were aided, guided, or > coerced by an evil force to do their evil deeds. Since sorcery "was not accepted officially, it could not serve the kinship as a whole, only private cravings; no decent person was safe from the secret arts of sorcerers," and as nīþ was insidiousness, a níðing was also thought to be a pathological liar and an oathbreaker, prone to committing perjury and especially treason.
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Wilmart's interpretation is that in exchange for St-Calais agreeing to submit to the King's judgement, Alan and the other royal officers signed a document guaranteeing St-Calais's safety before and after the trial. When St-Calais cited this in court, there was uproar, but Alan calmly confirmed St-Calais's statement and then said that if there were any fault here, it was his (Alan's). Alan concluded by begging the king not to attempt to coerce him into committing perjury; otherwise, he (Alan) would believe himself obliged to refuse to serve the king. St-Calais was held in custody at Wilton Abbey until 14 November.
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In March 2007, Lothian and Borders Police investigated claims that Tommy Sheridan had been bugged after a suspicious device was found in his car. The device was described as "not of the kind used by British security services". A complaint submitted to Strathclyde Police in July 2011 lead to Operation Rubicon, a major investigation involving 50 officers investigating allegations of phone hacking, breach of data protection and perjury by News of the World. In May 2012, Andy Coulson, editor of the News of the World from 2003 – 2007 and who gave evidence at Sheridan's trial, was detained "on suspicion of committing perjury before the High Court in Glasgow".
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Soon after the testimony, the Dunne family, with the exception of Kevin, starts committing perjury, telling in court Anna is holding a grudge against them for being teased because she, unlike Jean Dunne, hasn't ever got pregnant. They try to convince the judges that Anna's testimony is false and that she is only trying to take revenge against the family. One night, Anna receives a visit from Joey Caputo, an old friend who left the bar shortly before the rape occurred. They have sex that night and the next day, Joey gives a false testimony in which he claims that Anna only cares about the publicity.
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These requirements could be problematic if both spouses were at fault or if neither spouse had committed a legally culpable act but both spouses desired a divorce by mutual consent. Lawyers began to advise their clients on how to create legal fictions to bypass the statutory requirements. One method popular in New York was referred to as "collusive adultery", in which both sides deliberately agreed that the wife would come home at a certain time and discover her husband committing adultery with a "mistress" obtained for the occasion. The wife would then falsely swear to a carefully tailored version of these facts in court (thereby committing perjury).
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Thomas Taylor the engraver in the major coining conspiracy. Catherine Carter, wife of Thomas Carter who had twice previously been named and blamed by Chaloner, testified to Chaloner's skill as a forger and his role in the lottery scam. Whilst in Newgate waiting for the trial, Chaloner had pretended to go mad (Newton noted that at first, ... Chaloner hath feigned himself mad), but in court he resorted to insulting all parties and claiming they were committing perjury to save their own necks, and anyway, the charges related to acts in the City and Surrey, outside the jurisdiction of the Middlesex sessions. The jury needed only a few minutes to reach a verdict, and he was sentenced the next day.
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After the war, he was tried twice for collaboration for a number of reasons but was found not guilty, despite committing perjury at the first trial. Shortly before his death, he was accused again by Barbie himself, but died before any new charges could be brought. After his trials, Hardy become a novelist, having written the book Bitter Victory (French title Amère victoire) which was adapted for the cinema in a Franco-US co-production starring Richard Burton and directed by Nicholas Ray. Shorty before his death, a destitute, broken down Hardy dressed in pajamas and apparently living in somebody's attic was interviewed for the film Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie by the film- maker Marcel Ophüls, where he denied having betrayed Moulin.
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Agesilaus thanked Tissaphernes for having put the gods on the side of the Greeks by committing perjury, and let it be known that he now planned to lead his troops against Caria. When Tissaphernes gathered his troops to meet this supposed Carian invasion, Agesilaus instead successfully attacked the Persian province of Hellespontine Phrygia. In 395 BC, Agesilaus let it be known that his next target would be the rich land around the Lydian city of Sardis. Tissaphernes, believing that if Agesilaus really intended to attack Sardis he would not have said so, assumed that this time Agesilaus would finally attack Caria, so Tissaphernes concentrated his troops in that area, but Agesilaus successfully attacked Sardis just as he said he would.
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The trial of Peter von Hagenbach by an ad hoc tribunal of the Holy Roman Empire in 1474, was the first "international" recognition of commanders' obligations to act lawfully.Exhibit highlights the first international war crimes tribunal by Linda Grant, Harvard Law Bulletin. Hagenbach was put on trial for atrocities committed during the Burgundian Wars against the civilians of Breisach. Standing accused of allowing his troops to commit mass murder and war rape, which, "he as a knight was deemed to have a duty to prevent", and of personally committing perjury, Hagenbach replied that he, like Morant, only followed ordersThe evolution of individual criminal responsibility under international law By Edoardo Greppi, Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Turin, Italy, International Committee of the Red Cross No. 835, pp. 531–553, 30 October 1999.
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Carle was involved in the firing of François Beaudoin, president of the BDBC, in 1999 after he attempted to call in the loan to the Grand-Mère Inn. Beaudoin sued for wrongful dismissal following his sacking. In February 2004, Beaudoin won his wrongful dismissal suit against the Business Development Bank of Canada. Justice Andre Denis ruled in favor of Beaudoin's claim that he was fired for political reasons in 1999 for trying to call in the loan on the Grand-Mère Inn, ruled that Carle was guilty of making false criminal and civil charges of wrongdoing against Beaudoin to discredit him for suing the bank, accused Carle of committing perjury during the trial and declared given the "unspeakable injustice" Beaudoin had suffered, told the government not to appeal his ruling because they would be wasting taxpayers' money if they did.
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While not officially a criminal history repository, the National Driver Register (NDR), operated by the Department of Transportation, maintains information on drivers regarding suspended licenses. The NDR maintains a database of information posted by individual states as mandated by federal law. All drivers who have had their licenses suspended for any reason (including suspensions resulting from several successive minor traffic violations: Massachusetts suspends for three separate speeding tickets over a six-month period) have that information posted by state Registry of Motor Vehicles offices to the NDR. Also, the NDR records information concerning convictions of driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances, failing to render aid at an accident involving death or injury, and knowingly making a false affidavit or committing perjury to officials about an activity governed by a law or regulation on the operation of a motor vehicle.
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Downfall: The Tommy Sheridan Story is a book by Alan McCombes, former policy co-ordinator of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and editor of the Scottish Socialist Voice, about the political career of Tommy Sheridan, who led the SSP for several years until he was forced to resign amid allegations about his personal life, eventually leaving the party a few years before his eventual conviction for perjury. McCombes finished writing the book—described by The Scotsman as "the first insider's account of the fall-out from Sheridan's trips to a Manchester swinging club and his ill-fated decision to take on the News of the World after it published details of his sexual proclivities"—less than five months after Sheridan was jailed for committing perjury. The book was launched on 6 July 2011 at Word Power Books, Scotland's oldest radical and independent bookshop.
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Clinton had also said, "There is not a sexual relationship, an improper sexual relationship or any other kind of improper relationship"The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: President Bill Clinton January 21, 1998 which he defended as truthful on August 17, 1998 because of his use of the present tense, arguing "it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is". Starr obtained a blue dress from Lewinsky with Clinton's semen stained on it, as well as testimony from her that the President had inserted a cigar into her vagina. Clinton stated, "I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate", but he denied committing perjury because, according to Clinton, the legal definition of oral sex was not encompassed by "sex" per se."Perjury about sexual relations from the Paula Jones deposition" by Steve Kangas.
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When he visits Tritter early the next morning to agree to the deal, Tritter says the deal is off, after going through the pharmacy's log and reading that House signed for a dead man's drugs. Television Without Pity Recap In the final days leading up to House's court case, House realizes the severity of the situation and finally apologizes to Tritter (episode "Words and Deeds"). When Tritter refuses to accept the apology, House goes into rehab, putting on a show for Tritter and the judge, but Tritter cites his experiences with addicts as evidence House has not changed. The judge tells Tritter that she does not believe House to be the drug dealer that Tritter tried to show him to be and orders Tritter to move on after House is exonerated due to Cuddy committing perjury.
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Stéphane Dion makes a speech on October 10, 2008, in Brampton West. Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was among notable Liberals at this rally; this was his first time campaigning for anyone, since retirement. On February 18, 2004, François Beaudoin won his wrongful dismissal suit against the Business Development Bank of Canada. Justice Andre Denis ruled in favor of Beaudoin's claim that he was fired for political reasons in 1999 for trying to call in the loan on the Grand Mère Inn, ruled that Chrétien's former aide Jean Carle and Michel Vennat was guilty of making false criminal and civil charges of wrongdoing against Beaudoin to discredit him for suing the bank, accused Carle of committing perjury during the trial and declared given the "unspeakable injustice" Beaudoin had suffered, told the government not to appeal his ruling because they would be wasting the tax-payers' money if they did. The lingering repercussions of the sponsorship scandal of 2002 reduced the Liberal Party to a minority in the 2004 election, may have strengthened the separatist case, and contributed to the government's defeat in the 2006 election.
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