Evidence of FDA contempt of court AND perjury over seized shipments

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freakindahouse

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Not to change the subject, but is that you, Katherine, hiding under that alias ???? :)

LOL jerry! :D

Yup... you spotted me! The Doodlebug is revealed in all her Freakish glory!

I was the freak first, cos a dear friend (IRL) affectionately gave me that nickname, but then when my vaping persona became a 'professional entity' (lol), I thought 'freak' might give the wrong impression.

No hiding from you, hun, eh? ;)
 

Bill Godshall

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While I've strongly opposed the FDA's policy and actions on e-cigarettes for the past two years, I'm not aware that the agency has committed perjury (a very serious criminal allegation) in its recent filings in njoy v FDA.

Even if the agency's memo opposing Smoke Anywhere's motion to intervene, or the declaration by Dominic Veneziano contained inaccurate statements, I don't know if that would constitute perjury. For example, the FDA previously stated that it implemented its e-cigarette import ban in 2008 (not in 2009 as Veneziano stated), and I question if FDA issued a directive to field staff rescinding the import ban on Dec 8 and reissued it again in January.

People often make inaccurate statements to courts, but that doesn't necessarily constitute perjury.
 

Windsage

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To constitute perjury you have to intentionally misrepresent facts that are important to a case. The real key here is that it has to be proven that you did this willfully and that your intent was to mislead the court.

However, dancing around very close to lying to a judge can easily get you a contempt of court. Judges do not like to be played with.
 
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