perjury
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Submitting a false affidavit could constitute perjury, officials say.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Ex-interior minister Lee Sang-min has been sentenced to seven years in prison, while former spy chief Cho Tae-yong is standing trial on charges including dereliction of duty and perjury.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
Bennett Gershman, a professor at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law, said that proving Bondi committed perjury would “depend on the evidence and whether it is reliable.”
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
That actually takes this beyond Judge Boasberg’s saga, because this seems to involve cut-and-dry, eminently demonstrable perjury.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025
Neylan originally opposed Sproul’s version of the oath, on the curious grounds that it would simply encourage its targets—the radicals assumed to be swarming over the university—to commit perjury.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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