/-----/ No one disputes that. He did say it before he was president and a target of the left's legal attack machine.
President Trump now understands, as I do, how you can get caught up in a perjury trap. If a prosecutor is on a fishing trip, he/she can take anything you say and expand on it once you open the door. I know this is a bit complex for you to grasp, but here is a dumbed-down version.
In common parlance, many people may believe it means that
a prosecutor is trying to get a high-profile target in criminal trouble by asking difficult or embarrassing questions under oath.
Should the suspect then give erroneous testimony, even if the mistake seems innocent enough, the prosecutor will formally accuse the suspect of
perjury and threaten him or her with a felony charge that could land him or her in prison.
In legal terms, a “perjury trap” is actually a
legal defense to the charge of perjury. It is important to note that the defense has relatively little to do with the subject matter of the prosecutors’ or investigators’ questions. Generally speaking, if the information sought is relevant to the case, then their questions can be as hard to answer or as embarrassing as is necessary.
Many Indianapolis residents who have followed the political news in the last several months have probably heard the phrase ... White Collar Crimes
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