Technicalities? Kay Hutchison to America: Hypocrisy is cool!

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Resignations May Follow Charges

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102300926.html?sub=AR

Senators discuss the leak case. Speculations and opinions are reported.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.), appearing on the same program, said people should wait, but if there were an indictment, she hoped it would be for "a crime and not some perjury technicality where they couldn't indict on the crime."

Hutchison described someone being tripped up "because they said something in the first grand jury and then maybe they found new information or they forgot something, and they tried to correct that in a second grand jury."

Gee, is this the same Hutchison that said:

Lying is a moral wrong. Perjury is a lie told under oath that is legally wrong. To be illegal, the lie must be willfully told, must be believed to be untrue, and must relate to a material matter. Title 18, Section 1621 and 1623, U.S. Code.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.statements/hutchison.html

Someone called her on it on TV. She had to say:

MR. RUSSERT: But the fact is perjury or obstruction of justice is a very serious crime and Republicans certainly thought so when charges were placed against Bill Clinton before the United States Senate. Senator Hutchison.

SEN. HUTCHISON: Well, there were charges against Bill Clinton besides perjury and obstruction of justice. And I'm not saying that those are not crimes. They are...I also think we are seeing grand juries and U.S. attorneys and district attorneys that go for technicalities, sort of a gotcha mentality in this country.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9764239/

Whew, at least she had other reasons to convict Clinton. However, why did she only say he was guilty on the counts of perjury and obstruction, when there were other charges against him? Or were there? Now I'm all confused...

Based upon my analysis of the facts of this case and my own conclusions of law, I have concluded:

(i) The President of the United States willfully, and with intent to deceive, gave false and misleading testimony under oath with respect to material matters that were pending before the Federal grand jury on August 17, 1998, as alleged in Article I presented to the Senate. I, therefore, vote 'Guilty' on Article I of the Articles of Impeachment of the President in this Proceeding.

(ii) The President of the United States engaged in a pattern of conduct, performed acts of willful deception, and told and disseminated massive falsehoods, including lies told directly to the American people, that were designed and corruptly calculated to impede, obstruct, and prevent the plaintiff in the Arkansas Federal sexual harassment case from seeking and obtaining justice in the Federal court system of the United States, and to further prevent the Federal grand jury from performing its functions and responsibilities under law, I, therefore, vote 'Guilty' on Article II of the Articles of Impeachment of the President in this proceeding

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/12/senate.statements/hutchison.html

yay politics!

 

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Par, meet course.