re: American Bar Association President demands new FBI investigation.

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So there’s no crime in lying to Congress?

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If you’re under oath and lie to Congress, yeah, that’s a crime. But judge never went under oath - he gave a sworn statement to Congress. Now, in some jurisdictions in some circumstances a court will accept a sworn statement and lying in one could be a crime. But sworn statements are usually only used in uncontested legal proceedings. Never heard of someone going to jail for lying in a sworn statement to Congress over some matter that’s in dispute.

Generally, if there’s a dispute between two sides a judge will require that a witness be subject to cross-examination. Sworn statements don’t allow for that. The fact that Judge is trying to prevent being questioned on the matter is telling