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To: JAWs
Also, they can charge him with perjury and/or contempt.

Maybe they can but what effect would it have?

He not an American citizen and he's not subject to any of congress's authority....or do I have it wrong?

29 posted on 05/17/2005 1:51:24 PM PDT by evad (No action to secure borders, No action on judges... NO MONEY!)
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To: evad
Also, they can charge him with perjury and/or contempt. Maybe they can but what effect would it have? He not an American citizen and he's not subject to any of congress's authority....or do I have it wrong?

They can only charge him with anything if he lied. Galloway is not stupid - he wouldn't be there if he would incriminate himself.

Lets be honest here, the Senate has no power over him even if he did lie.

31 posted on 05/17/2005 1:54:42 PM PDT by cooper72
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To: evad

Not a US lawyer but by my reckoning once he stepped foot in the United States he subjected himself to US juristiction. Once he took the oath in the senate understanding that he was subject to perjury, well, he's subject to perjury! We tend to extradite folk whenever you ask.... that is why I actually think this is one massive PR blunder. I don't think he would've gone if there was truth in the specific allegations. THe daft thing about this is whilst he accuses the committee of being a 'smokescreen' for the 'failure in Iraq' - he is actually using it as a smokescreen to bring up the old arguments about WMD rather than concentrating on the fact that Iraq has an Iraqi government free from the grip of an evil dictator and a future in the peoples gift. This really is a PR disaster. I'm stunned the US let him in.


34 posted on 05/17/2005 2:00:37 PM PDT by Brit_Guy
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Perjury isn't a legistlative thing, he would be at odds with the Judiciary.


43 posted on 05/17/2005 2:12:23 PM PDT by Dead Dog
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