Jimmy: the "sockpuppets" (as Lucien Goldberg calls them) who defend clinton on TV (and are probably paid to) are trying to advance the case that lying in a civil case is rarely prosecuted, which is true, but has nothing to do with the law. apparently clinton & his slimy lawyer teammates would tend to reassure all the women, such as Gennifer Flowers as I recall, that they could lie without consequence in a civil trial. at least those women whom they didn't threaten to "break their pretty legs". a capricious bunch, hmm? also, there may be some legal precedent that unless the lying had to do with the case, it is not relevant to the case (a reasonable situation I wouldn't be surprised if some judge ruled) but there's just no laws, as I understand it, that ever allow lying under any circumstances, particularly in sitations such as court hearings, depositions, etc. in fact it can be argued our whole legal system breaks down if lying is ever sanctioned in any way. that's the problem. weasel clinton will always be looking for a loophole. I'm surprised you gave the slightest credibility to claims that lying is ever sanctioned under the law. there are a lot of paid-lowlife tentacles making the television circuit defending clinton, I suspect. you've fallen prey to one of their arguments. he would have been trashed long ago if it weren't for their thick, odious & treacherous smokescreens, imho. there are a lot more traitors in this country than Clinton, for sure. they all hang out together, but few sheeple will ever know.