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Adam Schiff: “So if Judge Porteous were aware that the income level was inaccurate in the petition, that gambling debts were not…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2009
So if Judge Porteous were aware that the income level was inaccurate in the petition, that gambling debts were not listed, that the tax refund was not included when he answered that everything in the petition was accurate, that would have been a false statement under oath to the bankruptcy trustee?
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the accuracy of Judge Porteous's statements under oath.

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