Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Haven't you testified falsely under oath for the last two days...
...April 7, 1972, the deadline for such secret contributions, but the sum had been pledged earlier-and that was what counted, he said. And when he did receive the money from Vesco's men, Stans testified, he made it clear that there were no strings attached. "On my oath," he declared in court, "I never did anything to help Robert Vesco...
...uses the term "false declarations" rather than perjury and applies only to grand jury and other court-related proceedings. The original statute, which remains on the books, sweeps more broadly to include lying under oath during any federal proceeding. Each provides the same five-year maximum sentence. But whenever they have had the opportunity, the Watergate prosecutors have chosen to make use of the new charge of false declaration. Reason: Nixon's law offers substantial advntantages to the prosecution...
...statements, it need no longer prove which one was false. Gone too is the stiff requirement that the testimony of a single witness who contradicts a defendant must be backed by a second witness or by other evidence. As a result, "a man can be convicted merely on the oath of another man," says Boston Defense Lawyer Paul T. Smith. "That's tragic. For instance [Presidential Lawyer Herbert] Kalmbach has tes tified in direct contradiction to [Bebe] Rebozo on the disposition of that $100,000 Hughes donation. One of them is lying. Basically, the prosecutor can simply decide which...
...witness raised his right hand to take the oath in a Manhattan courtroom last week, his left hand flexed tensely three times, then relaxed. It was the only instance in the 27 days of testimony that tough John Mitchell, 60, former U.S. Attorney General, betrayed any signs of nervousness. Along with former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans, 66, Mitchell is charged with perjury, conspiracy and obstructing justice as an outgrowth of a secret $200,000 cash donation to President Nixon's re-election campaign from Financier Robert Vesco on April 10,1971. That gift was allegedly made in exchange...