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by AnthonyMouse 1059 days ago
Part of the reason it's illegal to lie to Congress is that you are at the same time lying to the American public, who are the people Congress answers to.

It would be like lying in a deposition in front of the board of directors and then going back in private to your friend the line manager and saying "hey, that thing I said when it really matters was a lie because I didn't want the board to find out about it."