Here is what the judge had to say about lying before a grand jury.
If any other citizen lies both in court and before a grand jury, prosecution follows.
In 1989, the Senate removed Judge Walter L. Nixon Jr. of Mississippi for lying before a grand jury.
And he was impeached for lying under oath before a jury, not for catching a hummer in the oval office.
Malvo, who confessed to taking bets and paying off winning wagers for Martin, pleaded guilty April 8, 2002 to lying before a federal grand jury.
A Jordanian student was charged yesterday in Manhattan with lying before a federal grand jury investigating the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
On the first count of impeachment - lying under oath before a grand jury - Monica is a witness for the prosecution.
The government had held a Jordanian student, Osama Awadallah, above, as a material witness and later indicted him on charges of lying before a grand jury.
We believe the evidence presents an ironclad case that he lied, by plan and repetitiously, while under oath in a civil suit and before a grand jury.
A Jordanian charged with lying before a federal grand jury investigating the Sept. 11 attacks posted bail yesterday in Manhattan, his lawyer, Jesse Berman, said.