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submitted 10 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

Trump is now being asked whether the valuations of a number of his properties are accurate.

Instead of answering yes or no, Trump is giving speeches about how and why he invested in various properties.

Again the judge asks Trump's legal team to stop the speeches.

"I beseech you to control him if you can. If you can't, I will," Judge Engoron says.

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[-] Neato@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago

Is this not perjury?

I was \ then.
No you weren't.
No I wasn't.

Are you allowed to blatantly lie and just walk it back when called out?

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago

NAL but I think if Trump had argued he was still the President during that time period instead of admitting he wasn't, then it would have been perjury.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Perjury is more than just saying something factually wrong on the stand. Republicans spent years talking about how getting trump in a courtroom was a perjury trap because he would make a small mistake like recall the January 12 of 2011 was a Saturday and then they prosecution would be like, "no it wasn't and now you go to jail because we hate America". In reality, perjury basically takes someone knowingly and intentionally entering testimony that is false. Simply forgetting that he wasn't president at the time would not qualify.

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