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The trouble with serial liars is that eventually they get confused and forget which lie they told previously.\u00a0 When they get caught lying, it is embarrassing, but not usually fatal.\u00a0 For example: think of all those inconvenient videos of Obama promising to put the health care reform debate on C-Span.\u00a0 But occasionally people like this fall into a perjury trap.\u00a0 They are forced to answer questions in situation where it is a felony to lie.\u00a0 The most recent example was Lewis Libby.\u00a0 In his case he was convicted of perjury for allegedly lying to the FBI about an undocumented conversation with Tim Russert.\u00a0 The jury believed Russert\u2019s version of events, so they convicted Libby of perjury:<\/p>\n

\u00a0http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/06\/AR2007030600648.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The problem for Obama is that he gave interviews to the FBI regarding Tony Rezko.\u00a0 The FBI probably recorded those interviews.\u00a0 At a minimum, they took very good notes.\u00a0 Blagojevich is calling Obama as a witness to discredit Rezko.\u00a0 Blagojevich points out that Rezko has claimed on several occasions to have gotten special favors from Obama.\u00a0 Rezko\u2019s representations regarding conversations and connections with Obama are very different from what Obama said happened.<\/p>\n

Obama is going to try and just squash the subpoena on the basis that, as President of the United States he cannot possibly spare the time.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like he had time to play a lot of golf!\u00a0 Unfortunately there is legal precedent for requiring a sitting U.S. President to testify in court regarding incidents that took place before he was sworn into office.\u00a0 Like him or not, Blagojevich has the right to a fair trial.\u00a0 The Blagojevich lawyers know this very well and have cited this in their brief.<\/p>\n

What makes this worse is that when the Blagojevich lawyers filed their motion they did not do a good enough job in making sure the redacted parts stayed redacted.\u00a0 Within seconds the full original motion was posted on the internet.\u00a0 The judge is guaranteed to be pissed, but that doesn\u2019t help Obama.<\/p>\n

At a minimum, it is pretty hard to read this motion without realizing that Obama\u2019s relationship with Rezko was far more extensive than reported in the main stream media.\u00a0 But the real problem is that if Obama does testify and it turns out any of his prior statements were lies, he may just fall into a perjury trap, just like Lewis Libby.\u00a0 Remember, Lewis Libby was convicted of obstructing justice for allegedly lying about something that was not even a crime.<\/p>\n

Odds are pretty high that the people in the Obama administration are trying desperately to find an exit strategy.\u00a0 In effect, Blagojevich has sent them the ultimate; \u201clet\u2019s make a deal message.\u201d\u00a0 At a minimum, this is going to be fun to watch.\u00a0 It is a lot more dangerous for Obama than most people realize.<\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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