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global1

(26,507 posts)
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 08:55 PM Oct 2017

Can We Trust A Pathological Liar To Tell The Truth Under Oath?......

Seriously - if Mueller interviews Trump under oath - can one really believe anything he says?

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Can We Trust A Pathological Liar To Tell The Truth Under Oath?...... (Original Post) global1 Oct 2017 OP
Of course not. The interview is to trap him with provable lies. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2017 #1
Under oath or Hayduke Bomgarte Oct 2017 #2
No elleng Oct 2017 #3
n/t malaise Oct 2017 #4
No. But Trump thinks he's smarter than everybody else, and The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #5
Truth is a fluid concept to him. nt Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #6
No. He will lie. Being under oath means nothing to him. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #7
he has no respect for truth whatsoever. none, nada, zip, zero, ziltch.... spanone Oct 2017 #8
That may be the point. Flaleftist Oct 2017 #9
He would not know the truth if it bit him on his fat ass! Kleveland Oct 2017 #10
No world wide wally Oct 2017 #11
He has already demonstrated sufficiently erratic behavior that he might have an insanity defense NotASurfer Oct 2017 #12
If you say 2 contradictory things under oath greymattermom Oct 2017 #13
Nope NastyRiffraff Oct 2017 #14
An examination under oath is really not ... Whiskeytide Oct 2017 #15
He ALREADY Lied Over 70 Times In A Sworn Deposition ChoppinBroccoli Oct 2017 #16
All the better. Mueller will have documentation that proves DT's lies. So, lie away, DT! n/t pnwmom Oct 2017 #17
Will we ever see his taxes? imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #18

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)
2. Under oath or
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 08:58 PM
Oct 2017

Any other circumstances, drumpf is incapable of speaking truthfully. He has proved it repeatedly.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,678 posts)
5. No. But Trump thinks he's smarter than everybody else, and
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 09:07 PM
Oct 2017

that he can lie and get away with it. His arrogance will trip him up.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. No. He will lie. Being under oath means nothing to him.
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 09:12 PM
Oct 2017

I so fucking hate him. Have I said that enough?

NotASurfer

(2,369 posts)
12. He has already demonstrated sufficiently erratic behavior that he might have an insanity defense
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 10:27 PM
Oct 2017

Or a claim he lacks mental capacity to understand right and wrong. Or dementia. “Win” is “not spending the rest of my short Orange life in prison” and responding like a raving lunatic to questions under oath would be one step closer

greymattermom

(5,807 posts)
13. If you say 2 contradictory things under oath
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 11:23 PM
Oct 2017

can you be charged with perjury? One of the things has to be false, right?

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
14. Nope
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:00 AM
Oct 2017

I don't think he understands the concept of "truth." It's all relative to him. Literally; relative as it relates to him.

Whiskeytide

(4,657 posts)
15. An examination under oath is really not ...
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:22 AM
Oct 2017

... intended to get the truth directly from the witness. It is intended to lock in the "story" of the witness so you can impeach it with other evidence. Trump doesn't understand this. But his lawyers - fruitcakes though they may be - do. They will not let him sit for one.

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,900 posts)
16. He ALREADY Lied Over 70 Times In A Sworn Deposition
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:23 AM
Oct 2017

So OBVIOUSLY he's going to lie. But that's not the point of having him under oath. Think about it. What got Bill Clinton impeached? It wasn't the blow job. It was............say it with me now..........LYING about it UNDER OATH. This is going to be one of the main weapons Mueller is going to use to get Trump. Yet another count in his indictment.

It will, however, be fun to watch Republicans twist themselves all up and NOW claim that lying under oath isn't a big deal.

pnwmom

(110,265 posts)
17. All the better. Mueller will have documentation that proves DT's lies. So, lie away, DT! n/t
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 12:31 AM
Oct 2017
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