And no court and no prosecutor would accept the notion that such statements standing alone satisfy the requirement of substantial corroborative proof when there is a swearing bash.

CNN

First, this is a classic oath on oath, he-says-she-says swearing match, that under ordinary custom and practice at the Department of Justice never would be prosecuted without substantial corroborative proof.

CNN

Furthermore, because perjury and obstruction charges often arise from private dealings with few observers, the courts have required either two witnesses who testify directly to the facts establishing the crime, or if only one witness testifies to the facts constituting the alleged perjury, that there be substantial corroborating proof to establish guilt.

CNN

It does not require proof of a substantial likelihood that disclosure of the omitted fact would have caused the reasonable investor to change his vote.

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When Clinton petitioned the court to defer the Paula Jones case until after his presidency, Rehnquist joined the other Justices in ruling that "it appears to us highly unlikely to occupy any substantial amount of petitioner's time"--proof that even the Chief Justice can make mistakes.

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The Security Council and most of the international community will rise up as one, and demand that the United States present its proof, just as not just any old violation, but a substantial violation.

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The club's administrator added that he had received substantial interest in buyers for the stricken club, but only two had been able to show proof of funds.

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