Why It’s So Hard for Republicans to Pin Perjury Charges on Hillary Clinton | VICE | United States

‘”You have to show beyond a reasonable doubt that this person knew that what they were saying is false,” Paul Campos, a University of Colorado law professor, told VICE. “Then the bigger obstacle beyond that is you have to show the lie is material to the legal matter that is being investigated.” In other words, prosecutors have to not only demonstrate that someone intended to tell a lie, but also that the lie was pertinent to the matter at hand.’
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