Tag: perjury

‘He Should Clearly Be Impeached’: Victim in Stolen Memos Case Tied to Brett Kavanaugh Says the Nominee Perjured Himself

The following article by Cody Fendwick was posted on the AlterNet website September 7, 2018:

“But he lied. Under oath. And he did so repeatedly.”

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In a tightly argued and powerful article for Slate, a Democrat who was one of the victims of a document theft related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time in the White House argued Friday that the judge should be impeached.

Kavanaugh, Lisa Graves argued, repeatedly lied to Congress under oath about his involvement with the stolen materials.

She noted that just receiving the documents, which she says were taken by GOP Senate aide Manuel Miranda ,isn’t an impeachable offense. Graves said that Miranda stole the “confidential memos, letters, and talking points,” some of which she personally wrote, which were part of the Democrats’ private communications about blocking President George W. Bush’s controversial judicial nominees. Some of this material was passed on to Kavanaugh, though he says he wasn’t aware that the documents were stolen.

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Giuliani flat-out admits Trump will commit perjury if put under oath

The following article by Tommy Christopher was posted on the ShareBlue.com website August 9, 2018:

Rudy Giuliani accused Robert Mueller of setting a ‘perjury trap’ for Trump because he knows Trump will lie under oath.

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Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has actually admitted that Trump will commit perjury if special counsel Robert Mueller gets him under oath.

On Wednesday night’s edition of “Hannity,” host Sean Hannity asked Giuliani about the Trump legal team’s response to Mueller’s request to interview Trump.

Giuliani’s response proved that he just might be the worst legal spokesman in history.

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Trump and Sessions Denied Knowing About Russian Contacts. Records Suggest Otherwise.

The following article by Michael S. Schmidt, Matt Apuzzo and Scott Shane was posted on the New York Times website November 2, 2017:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Trump stated in early 2017 that no campaign advisers had contact with Russians. However, new court documents show that a foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos, had contacts that he told them about in 2016. By A.J. CHAVAR and MARK MAZZETTI on Publish Date November 2, 2017. Photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. Watch in Times Video »

WASHINGTON — Standing before reporters in February, President Trump said unequivocally that he knew of nobody from his campaign who was in contact with Russians during the election. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has told the Senate the same thing.

Court documents unsealed this week cast doubt on both statements and raised the possibility that Mr. Sessions could be called back to Congress for further questioning. Continue reading “Trump and Sessions Denied Knowing About Russian Contacts. Records Suggest Otherwise.”

Flynn in FBI interview denied discussing sanctions with Russian ambassador

The following article by Sari Horwitz and Adam Entous was posted on the Washington Post website February 16, 2017:

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn denied to FBI agents in an interview last month that he had discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with that country’s ambassador to the United States before President Trump took office, contradicting the contents of intercepted communications collected by intelligence agencies, current and former U.S. officials said. Continue reading “Flynn in FBI interview denied discussing sanctions with Russian ambassador”