Posted on 10/24/2005 8:29:50 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
(Special thanks to Perdogg for finding this law on perjury in the US Code)
My question is, would it be hard for the Special Prosecutor to prosecute Rove for perjury in regards to his "reported" conversations with Cooper. Many of the "lawyers close to/working with/involved in the case" that the media keeps reporting on claim that Rove later recalled contact with Cooper. That would be during the interview phase.
One would think that would cover the "admission" part.
According to the US Code in regards to perjury:
"(d) Where, in the same continuous court or grand jury proceeding in which a declaration is made, the person making the declaration admits such declaration to be false, such admission shall bar prosecution under this section if, at the time the admission is made, the declaration has not substantially affected the proceeding, or it has not become manifest that such falsity has been or will be exposed."
Any Freeper Lawyers...Please chime in.
Perjury is difficult to prove, especially when you're dealing with one's memory. What I'm concerned about is whether or not Rove and Libby conspired to get their stories straight before talking to the Feds.
"It takes a gutsy liar to sit through all of that and claim "I don't recall" for every single question."
Reminds me of Hillary Clinton and the Rose Law Firm records when she stestified beore the grand jury. Of course she got away with it.
Only if learned of from that classified document.
Well duh...
Well, she got away without being charged with a crime.
But Hillary has some of the strongest negative approval ratings for a politician, I think. She earned every bit of that. There is a fair sized segment of the population that would crawl over broken glass to vote against her.
For that reason there is some small hope that she won't become the Demoncrat candidate.
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