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Re:FBI Monitored Aretha Franklin for Years, File Shows by RetpolineDrama on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:53PM (#33180539)
Is it? On what charge, "obstruction of justice" perhaps?
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Re:FBI Monitored Aretha Franklin for Years, File Shows by scarface74 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:11PM (#33180767)
Perjury or giving false statements
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Re:FBI Monitored Aretha Franklin for Years, File Shows by RetpolineDrama on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:25PM (#33180968)
Not a lawyer but I thought perjury was false statements under-oath, like in a trial. That's a very different matter than being wrong in a casual interview with the cops/feds.

Do you have any examples of laws about "giving false statements" to local police? Seems like a rather blatant 1st amendment violation.

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Re:FBI Monitored Aretha Franklin for Years, File Shows by scarface74 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:35PM (#33181115)
https://www.georgiacriminallawyer.com/false-statement-to-pol...
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