[freeangel]

Can murtha be prosecuted for making false alllegations?

[RedRover]

Only if there's a ruling that Murtha was acting outside his duties as a congressman. At the moment, Murtha is being protected by the Department of Justice. They denied a request by SSgt Wuterich's attorneys for a deposition. The decision is currently being appealed.

There have been cases of congressmen being sued. Sen. Proxmire, most famously.

An interesting wrinkle in the Murtha case is that he made all those false allegations from his campaign headquarters in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. That's part of the argument that Murtha was acting outside his role as a congressman.

I would think that it'd be clear enough that no elected representative has the right to falsely accuse citizens of being cold-blooded murderers. But President Bush's DOJ apparently thinks otherwise.

[Son House]

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200707/NAT20070713b.html

“Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them, and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood,” Murtha said, before calling for U.S. troops to be “redeployed” out of the country.

POS, and I don’t mean the ‘+’ post on a battery.

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Bush should pardon our Marines from this non-sense, and politicians better be prepared for ruthless bombing of enemy countries so no American Troops ever have to endure the Rep John Murtha (D-Pa.) types.

[Grizzled Bear]

Can murtha be prosecuted for making false alllegations?

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Public officials cannot be prosecuted for actions within the scope of their duties.

Unfortunately slandering members of the United States Military Forces is within the scope of duty for liberal Congressmen.