under oath

idiom

law
: having made a formal promise to tell the truth in a court of law

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe both testified under oath this week that no classified information was discussed, Leavitt said. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025 In a series of tense and testy exchanges, Habba got the former attorney to admit to lying under oath on multiple occasions. Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2025 Boasberg had scheduled a hearing Friday for further arguments, but the two organizations that filed the initial lawsuit, the ACLU and Democracy Forward, urged him to force the administration to explain in a declaration under oath what happened. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 Ruddick, the lead prosecutor, dismissed the new statements, saying in last year’s appeals hearing that Cruse, who could not be located to testify in 2024, had previously testified twice under oath that Duncan had confessed. Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for under oath

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