Principles? What principles?
Lying is a moral wrong. Perjury is a lie told under oath that is legally wrong. To be illegal, the lie must be willfully told, must be believed to be untrue, and must relate to a material matter. Title 18, Section 1621 and 1623, U.S. Code.
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I will not compromise this simple but high moral principle in order to avoid serious consequences to a successor President who may choose to ignore it.
Senator Hutchison now:
I certainly hope that if there is going to be an indictment that says something happened, that it is an indictment on a crime and not some perjury technicality where they couldn?t indict on the crime so they go to something just to show that their two years of investigation were not a waste of time and dollars.
Glad to see the high moral consistency of the Republican party in full action.