"The executives were not under oath when they testified, so they are not vulnerable to charges of perjury; committee Democrats had protested the decision by Commerce Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) not to swear in the executives. But a person can be fined or imprisoned for up to five years for making "any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation" to Congress."
ya, a red flag went up when I heard that - going to take a long time to sort this crap out when you have professionals with money to spend on lawyers clouding up the truth
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