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I don't understand what the big deal about perjury is. You have politicians lying under oath all the time and having 0 punishments despite the huge ramifications of those lies. Why should the "small time" liars be punished.

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"When bill Clinton lied, no one died"

I don't care if he was guilty of Perjury - his "crime" only hurt Hillary...

So, it is ok for people to lie in court because politicians do it?

No, but if you only prosecute poor people for it and not politicians, you create an unjust, class-based system where the law is different for different people. Politicians need to be held accountable perhaps more so than average people.

Yes. Politicians are representatives of the people afterall.

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