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Sheldon Whitehouse: “There is nothing in the First Amendment that protects false statements and the prosecution of false statements when…”

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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