What Was Said“This might be the first time someone convicted of lying to Congress has appeared again so quickly in front of Congress.”— Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of OhioThis is misleading. There is little precedent for someone convicted of the specific crime of lying to Congress to again appear before Congress shortly afterward. Very few people — six from the 1940s to the 2000s, according to one estimate — have been convicted of lying to Congress. Among this small group, at least two have testified to Congress after being charged. Robert McFarlane, Mr. Reagan’s national security adviser, also pleaded guilty in 1988 to withholding information from Congress but testified before the Senate in 2002.

Source: New York Times February 28, 2019 00:00 UTC