There should be jail time for government employees or anyone who lies in a congressional hearing. We have all of these congressional hearings and we have all of our government officials who lie to the American people and it’s proven that they lie yet nothing happens to them. We need repercussions for our government that will give them pause to consider if it’s worth it to lie under oath. So far, we have not seen anyone who lies under oath pay any price for their lies that affect American policies, the American people or to push an agenda.
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The people we call “elected officials” need to be under oath as well when they do these hearings. Currently, they are immune from prosecution if they lie or spread knowingly false information.
Allowing them to do this in tandum with the media spreading their CLICK BATE CLIPS, is considered a psycological warfare campaign against the american people. It should be punishable as treason.
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Not sure that’s the right approach, open to debate. But here is a direction to take, if a elected or appointed leader of government is proven to be guilty of perjury or misrepresenting evidence under oath in front of congress, then they should be removed from office immediately and thoroughly investigated for prosecution
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Jail time should not be “automatic “, but they should be able to be prosecuted for perjury if they lie. As another person commented- they should testify under oath.
This is also a way for DOGE to improve government efficiency. It is a total waste of time and money for congress to hold hearings on important topics and be told over and over again: I don’t know the answer or I’ll have to get back to you on that. Any witness before congress needs to bring any relevant information, documents, colleagues or assistants and even computer systems to look up requested information.
If there is required information which the witness reasonably should be able to provide, but which he or she has not provided by the end of the day’s hearing, the witness needs to return within a minimal period of time, such as the next day, in three days, or in one week with all of the outstanding answers. Any unusually long timeframe must be justified by the witness and the extension approved by congress.
Perhaps there could be an independent agency/arbitration committee to decide whether the witness is intentionally being uncooperative. In this case, there should be significant legal penalties available for congress to apply.
There should be a combined proposal to address accountability of witnesses testifying before congressional hearings.