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brooklynite

(96,882 posts)
1. Someone with evidence of it?
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 10:56 PM
Apr 2022

Seriously, "we know she did it" isn't a legal argument. And I'll observe that the Plaintiff Attorney in yesterday's hearing didn't claim that she did.

NB: "Perjury" in this case would relate only to the State of Georgia.

 

Silent3

(15,909 posts)
3. I get that she probably won't be charged, what I don't get is why so many people seem satisfied...
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 11:14 PM
Apr 2022

...that that's how things will turn out. As if some high-minded legal principle that protects us all would be violated in a court acted as if MTG's obvious lies weren't obvious.

This is more that "we just know she's lying". It's not mind reading. It's not guessing. There is only unreasonable doubt, not reasonable doubt, that a human being without obvious, debilitating neurological deficits would or could forget whether or not they discussed, oh, you know, overthrowing the United States government and every other issue in that same broad category.

Kaleva

(38,544 posts)
5. It would be state of Georgia matter I believe
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 11:29 PM
Apr 2022

The hearing was held in a state court.

Kaleva

(38,544 posts)
2. The state of Georgia. Don't hold your breath.
Sat Apr 23, 2022, 10:57 PM
Apr 2022

I'm not s legal expert but I think committing perjury in a state court isn't a federal offense. It would be a state offense

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
6. Wasn't the attorney able to show videos? When she said she couldn't recall.....didn't remember...
Sun Apr 24, 2022, 12:20 AM
Apr 2022

weren't they able to refresh her memory with her own image/words via video? It seemed like they just took her answer 80+ times and didn't argue the point.

It wouldn't have taken many of those videos to show her they already knew the answer. Maybe she would have finally started answering questions correctly...or, not.

She is one cocky woman.

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