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perjury

[pur-juh-ree] / ˈpɜr dʒə ri /


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City Councilman Curren Price to trial on embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest charges.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Ex-interior minister Lee Sang-min has been sentenced to seven years in prison, while former spy chief Cho Tae-yong is standing trial on charges including dereliction of duty and perjury.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Bennett Gershman, a professor at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law, said that proving Bondi committed perjury would “depend on the evidence and whether it is reliable.”

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

That actually takes this beyond Judge Boasberg’s saga, because this seems to involve cut-and-dry, eminently demonstrable perjury.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025

Soon after the grand jury proceedings began, in early January, one of Hale’s cronies—a pastor—was charged with committing perjury on the stand.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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