Experts: "Uphill battle" to push a perjury charge on Hillary Clinton.

[DCBob]

During a lengthy House committee hearing Thursday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, called for the FBI to investigate whether Hillary Clinton lied about her private email servers while under oath in congressional testimony last October.

Government lawyers and experts in perjury cases said such a prosecution would be an uphill battle.

“The bottom line is that it will be an uphill fight if they try it,” Robert Cattanach, a former Justice Department lawyer, told Yahoo News.

The perjury statutes available to prosecutors would require them to prove Clinton made “materially false, fictitious or fraudulent” statements to Congress last October. Generally prosecutors only go through with these cases when they can prove the person intended to mislead on a material, or important, point.

“These are generally pretty hard cases to successfully prosecute,” said Lee Dunst, a lawyer at Gibson, Dunn & Crtucher and a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “If they made a mistake or if they had bad memory, that’s not enough to mean that somebody should be convicted of perjury. You have to show that they actually knew that what they were saying was false.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/experts-2nd-clinton-email-investigation-000000174.html?nhp=1

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The idiot Republicans may try it but its not going anywhere. It will be another desperate foolish witch hunt and complete waste of time and taxpayer dollars.

[madaboutharry]

1. They prove her point when

she talked about a vast right wing conspiracy. They victimize her and cause people to have empathy for the bullshit she has to put up with.

[portlander23]

2. Not under oath

My understanding was that Mrs. Clinton was not under oath for the interview, so I'm fairly certain perjury would not apply (not a lawyer over here). That said, I do believe lying to the FBI is a crime. That's what got Martha Stewart, right? But the idea that the Obama Administration would pursue anything like this seems like fantasy.

[DCBob]

3. I think she was under oath for the Benghazi hearing.

But it doesnt matter.. she didnt actually lie.

[underpants]

5. With the threat of getting dinged again today ---

The Repubs are focused on an enchange about the discrepancy of 15 emails between her and Blumenthal. She said she turned over ALL her emails.

That's their basis for perjury.

[morningfog]

4. Good luck, asswipes. Jeezus, they are insufferable.

[MohRokTah]

6. It's more political theater.

If the Congress refers her testimony to the FBI to have them investigate it, the FBI has no other choice but to investigate it which means the Republicans can then say, "we have a candidate for the presidency under FBI investigation".

And really, they would have pulled similar shit regardless of the nominee. They only get more and more odious in their nasty political cheap shots because they've got nothing else.

[RandySF]

7. All they're doing is uniting Dems.

[Surya Gayatri]

8. Let them ride this dead horse all the way to November. I'm sure

the electorate will vindicate their obsession.