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Why is lying to Congress, under oath or not, worse than lying to taxpayers and voters?
Committing perjury to Congress and The Courts, is a felony with a sentence of up to 5 years.
Lying to taxpayers and voters? No Legal consequences at all.
And yet, it's mostly the taxpayers and voters that install these people into our government.
6 Answers
- BlackAdderLv 72 years agoFavorite Answer
That's an interesting question. But if politicians couldn't lie to the people with impunity, they wouldn't be able to say anything at all.
- ?Lv 72 years ago
Lying is only crime, when you do it under oath or obstruct justice. Lying to suckers to get votes is not illegal.
- 2 years ago
The whole bit where you're under oath.
Christianity is one of those religions where lying is OK, unless you swear you're not lying this time.
- Anonymous2 years ago
Hmm, Hillary lied to congress and the FBI.
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- Anonymous2 years ago
Unfortunately the pumpkin family does both.
- Anonymous2 years ago
That’s capitalism. It’s legal to sell the people bs, but you can’t sell bs to our owners.
