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On the recordApril 8, 2013
There is nothing in the First Amendment that protects false statements and the prosecution of false statements when provided under penalty of perjury.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse states that false statements are not protected by the First Amendment.

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