No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Perjury before Congress is perjury to the American people and an affront to the fundamental principles of our republic and the rule of law. Such behavior cannot be tolerated.
No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
It does violence to the English language to assert that a president who has violated a duty entrusted to him by the Constitution is not guilty of official misconduct.
As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.
To be clear... no one is above the law.
There is no excuse for perjury - never, never, never. There is truth, and the truth demands respect.
Perjury is the basest and meanest and most cowardly of crimes. What can it do? Perjury can change the common air that we breathe into the axe of an executioner.
Administrator McCarthy committed perjury and made several false statements at multiple congressional hearings and as a result, is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors - an impeachable offense.
It is now clear that the president violated both his oath of office and the oath he took to tell the truth. In doing so, Bill Clinton not only committed perjury, he violated the public trust.
There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president.