[JoSixChip]

You know, if I claim I murdered Brad Pitt, they won't convict me. Sure, I pled guilty. But there was no crime.

You stated in open court that you killed Brad Pitt, that's perjury.

[janetjanet998]

You stated in open court that you killed Brad Pitt, that’s perjury.
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So is the “perjury” in this case pleading Guilty and reading his statement to the Court then withdrawing it?

Surely you can’t charge someone with perjury for withdrawing a guilty plea? Then everyone that has ever done that is guilty of perjury

WTF?

[ClearCase_guy]

Missing the point. Flynn is not charged with perjury. He was accused of lying to the FBI (which is different and less serious than perjury) and he pled guilty. But the DOJ now indicates that the FBI was not lied to. So Flynn is guilty of what? He migth serve time for what?

It is Kafkaesque to put him on trial for trumped up charges and then jail him BECAUSE he gave up the fight and said “If you say so”.

[McCarthysGhost]

When Flynn pled guilty to making false statements to the FBI he had no idea that the entire government investigation was not legitimate, only the government would’ve known that. Which means Flynn did not commit perjury in making his plea deal. He never actually committed a crime but he had no way of knowing that at the time of his plea deal.

[wastedyears]

You stated in open court that you killed Brad Pitt, that's perjury.

That's free speech to me.

[Alberta's Child]

A perjury charge would never hold up under the law unless it met two standards:

1. The statement was known to be false.

2. The statement was consequential to a legal proceeding.

I'd say your statement about killing Brad Pitt fails the second test.