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She said the letters were part of a plan by Ms. Toebbe to pressure her husband to perjure himself by falsely saying she knew nothing about the plot.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

Jones on Tuesday called Bellis a tyrant and said she would be forcing him to perjure himself and say “that I’m guilty and to say that I’m a liar.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

Gleeson argued that Flynn did perjure himself, but that this should factor into his sentencing and not be the basis for an additional charge.

From Fox News ● Jun. 10, 2020

Why did Wade give false witness and perjure himself on the witness stand?

From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2019

The Romans hesitated; for their thoughts were already in Belisarius's camp, and they disliked to perjure themselves.

From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Felix Dahn

He perjures himself in public all the time.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2018

Spector’s wife perjures herself to cover for him without knowing the truth.

From Time ● Jan. 26, 2015

But his commander perjures himself, and Carrington's wife, who could save the day, refuses to help.

From Time Magazine Archive

She either perjures herself a second time,—or else the diamonds, in regard to which my client is in jeopardy, were not in the house at all, and could not then have been stolen.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope

The greedy tradesman blasphemes over his losses; he lies and perjures himself over the price of his wares.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas

"You cannot call a person a liar, that's not on, that's implying someone has perjured themselves in court," he said.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025

Colombo appealed the convictions, contending that the case should be dismissed because Michael English, the property manager of the apartment complex where Morris Jr. resided, gave perjured testimony before the grand jury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

Blanche requested that the verdict be thrown out based on the jury’s reliance on the testimony of Michael Cohen, who Blanche claimed perjured himself on the stand, and the request was quickly denied.

From Slate ● May 30, 2024

He was still on the witness stand when Forbes, whose reporters had discussed the size disparity with Weisselberg and revealed it publicly in 2017, published an article on its website suggesting he had perjured himself.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Clearly, Ralph Meyers has either perjured himself at trial or has perjured himself in front of this Court.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

She noted Ms Ventura's lawsuit settlement, asking, "why risk it all by perjuring herself at a federal trial?"

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

Latham is also accused of perjuring herself by lying about her involvement in a federal court deposition in 2022.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

Paradis has previously accused Feuer of knowing about wrongdoing in the case and has accused the former city attorney of perjuring himself during a 2019 deposition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

She also claimed that Passantino was aware of Hutchinson’s knowledge of Ornato’s story — and that when she expressed concerns to him about lying to investigators, Passantino reassured her that she was not perjuring herself.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022

I was a black sinner, too—a man who was perjuring his soul with lies—and they were told and acted for her sake, and she knew it.

From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett