For at least the fifth time, former President Donald Trump on Monday lost an attempt to dismiss his civil fraud case through a maneuver seeking a directed verdict in his favor.
In tossing Trump’s latest challenge, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron reminded the former president that “a lie is still a lie.”
That kind of egregious lying should lead to an investigation of professional misconduct.
If there’s any counter-incentive to lying on the stand for money, if you’re able to allege that it’s your “opinion” as an expert.
John Yoo, Bush’s torture memo lawyer who gave the administrative legal advice backing every illegal thing they did, holds a chaired position at Berkeley, ffs.
Criminal misconduct like perjury?
Problem is that the burden of proof to prove that they don’t actually believe their testimony is basically impossible. You’d practically need a direct quote saying they intended to lie for their testimony. Even quotes of them saying the exact opposite before and after the trial, can easily be defended by simply saying “I changed my mind. My testimony was what I believed at the time”