[CA Conservative]

The only time that I am aware of that it is illegal for ANYONE to lie is when they are under oath.

Unfortunately, that is not true. If you lie to a federal officer during an interview, even when you are not under oath, you can go to jail. Just ask Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby.

[cuban leaf]

Unfortunately, that is not true. If you lie to a federal officer during an interview, even when you are not under oath, you can go to jail. Just ask Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby.

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That’s different. They didn’t go to jail for lying.

[House Atreides]

Unfortunately, that is not true. If you lie to a federal officer during an interview, even when you are not under oath, you can go to jail. Just ask Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby.
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And in the case of Scooter Libby it wasn’t even a lie—just a slightly different memory when an obscure event was recalled at different times. The conviction of Libby and cases such as the Zimmerman case make it clear that much of the ruling elite’s “judicial” system has been filled with the despicable and the near insane who are not actually pursuing justice.

[Political Junkie Too]

Unfortunately, that is not true. If you lie to a federal officer during an interview, even when you are not under oath, you can go to jail. Just ask Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby.

According to Wikipedia, Libby was acquitted of the charge of giving false statements to the FBI.

Libby was convicted of giving false testimony to a grand jury, where he would have been sworn under oath.

-PJ