Jeff Sessions on False Statements Under Oath

Quotes by Jeff Sessions Regarding False Statements Under Oath

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1998 - 1999
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Quotes by Jeff Sessions Regarding False Statements Under Oath

THEN

1998 - 1999

Jeff Sessions False Statements Under Oath Then
“I have no doubt that perjury qualifies under the Constitution as a high crime. It goes to the heart of the judicial system… I find it difficult to be charitable if we still have the president, through his counsel, alleging that [a misleading statement about sexual relations under oath] wasn’t really perjury.”
- Sept 1998

TIME, March 2, 2017
Bill Clinton Gave Misleading Answers Under Oath. Here's What Jeff Sessions Thought About That

(retrieved 7/11/18)
“There can’t be any shortcuts, I believe decent respect to the American people and to the House requires us to have a full trial.”
- Jan 1999

TIME, March 2, 2017
Bill Clinton Gave Misleading Answers Under Oath. Here's What Jeff Sessions Thought About That

(retrieved 7/11/18)
“I know and believe very deeply in the rule of law, and the fact that honest testimony is required if we are to have justice in America.”
- Jan 13, 1999

C-Span, Jan 13, 1999
Jeff Sessions Calls For Bill Clinton's Prosecution Over Perjury Allegations in 1999

(retrieved 7/11/18)
starts at 4:40
“I believe there is such a thing as truth. I believe there is right and wrong. I believe our universe is ordered in that way. And we when lie people are hurt. It was always so and it always will be so. And it demeans our justice system to have untruths spoken and that’s I think the thing that’s so troubling about this entire affair. And I hope we are not lowering the bar with regard to high standards of honesty and integrity demanded of public officials.”
- Jan 13, 1999

C-Span, Jan 13, 1999
Jeff Sessions Calls For Bill Clinton's Prosecution Over Perjury Allegations in 1999

(retrieved 7/11/18)
starts at 5:58
#JeffSessions 1/13/99: "When anybody is called to court… they have to tell the truth." » #Sessions 3/2/17: "I do now recall ❲when Papadopoulos discussed his Russia connections❳." Click To Tweet
“People see things differently just because what party you belong to. I am concerned about a president under oath being alleged to have committed perjury. I hope that he can rebut that and prove that did not happen. I hope he can show that he did not commit obstruction of justice and that he can complete his term. But there are serious allegations that that occurred. And in America, the Supreme Court and the American people believe that no one is above the law.”
- Jan 13, 1999

C-SPAN (via Washington Post), March 2, 2017
Six times Jeff Sessions talked about perjury, access and recusal — when it involved the Clintons

(retrieved 7/13/18)
starts at 9m44s
“When anybody is called to court and asked to tell the truth they have to tell the truth. And I’m telling you, as a person who spent my career in court, if we ever get to the point in this country where just because you are a high public official they think you have a right to not tell the truth when you are called to court we are going to lose one of the most precious heritages we ever have had, and that is equal justice under the law.”
- Jan 13, 1999

C-Span, Jan 13, 1999
Jeff Sessions Calls For Bill Clinton's Prosecution Over Perjury Allegations in 1999

(retrieved 7/11/18)
starts at 34:02
“Under our Constitution, equal justice requires that [President Clinton] forfeit his office… It is crucial to our system of justice that we demand the truth. I fear that an acquittal of this President will weaken the legal system by providing an option for those who consider being less than truthful in court. Whereas the handling of the case against President Nixon clearly strengthened the nation’s respect for law, justice and truth, the Clinton impeachment may unfortunately have the opposite result.”
- Feb 13, 1999

New York Times, Feb 13, 1999
CLINTON'S ACQUITTAL; Excerpts: Senators Talk About Their Votes in the Impeachment Trial

(retrieved 7/13/18)
“[By not removing Bill Clinton from office] I hope we haven’t sent a message… that clever people can sometimes get ahead by spinning and not telling the truth. That worries me.”
- Feb 1999

Slate, Mar 2, 2017
By Jeff Sessions’ Standard for Lying Under Oath, Jeff Sessions Lied Under Oath

(retrieved 7/13/18)

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For information on Jeff Sessions regarding false statements under oath about his contacts with Russians during the 2016 election click here:

Jeff Sessions on His Russian Contacts

For information on Sessions regarding false statements under oath about other Trump campaign members’ contacts with Russians during the 2016 election click here:

Jeff Sessions on Trump Campaign-Russian Contacts

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