Right. Just like Slick Willy was held accountable for lying under oath.
But Slick was trying to intimidate a witness in a sexual harrassment suit. The sexual harrassment charge was viable; it appears that Fitzgerald, from the beginning, decided that the "leak" was not a criminal violation.
I just don't think there should be ANY subsequent charges if the original accusation proves not to be a criminal violation. This "after the fact" stuff can get people coming and going and seems to be a waste of prosecutorial time.
It's like a cop stopping you and asking "Did you run that stop sign?"
And you saying "I wasn't even in the intersection."
Then he nails you for lying that you weren't in the intersection, because he didn't see you run the stop sign, but he did see you in the intersection.