Opponents of Marjorie Taylor Greene are crying perjury after the Republican consultant couldn't recall key particulars throughout proceedings that might block her from the poll.

Greene took the stand Friday in an administrative listening to in Atlanta to push again on a authorized problem arguing her alleged participation within the January 6 rebellion disqualifies her from workplace. In the course of the extremely watched proceedings, Greene was requested about her previous statements and social media posts main as much as the rebellion. Some opponents say her repeated reply of "I do not know" is a sign she was untruthful whereas below oath and is grounds for perjury costs.

Her Democratic challenger Marcus Flowers on Friday known as her "Perjury Taylor Greene" when requested by MSNBC's Ari Melber if she was mendacity to cowl up her function in fomenting political violence.

"Who's dealing with the upcoming MTG perjury prosecution?" tweeted Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation, because the proceedings performed out.

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene At Hearing
Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday appeared at a listening to in a problem filed by voters trying to take away her from the poll over alleged involvement within the January 6 Capitol rebellion. Right here, Greene speaks through the court docket listening to in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 22, 2022.John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Photographs

Advocacy group Free Speech for Individuals introduced the problem towards Greene, arguing that her function main as much as the January 6 rebellion made her ineligible to face for reelection in Georgia below the 14th Modification of the Structure.

Ron Fein, the group's authorized director, requested Greene about conversations she had about massive protests gathering in Washington, D.C., when Congress was scheduled to certify the 2020 election on January 6, 2021. Greene stated she could not keep in mind.

Following the 2020 election, Greene posted a video selling the January 6 protests. She repeated the debunked declare that the election was tainted by widespread voter fraud.

"You possibly can't enable it to only switch energy peacefully," she stated within the video.

At one other level, Greene stated she could not keep in mind what she tweeted about earlier than January 6.

Greene additionally stated she did not recall calling Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi a "traitor" earlier than reversing herself after being proven an article detailing feedback she made about Pelosi.

At one other level, Greene dodged a query about whether or not she believed the QAnon conspiracy principle.

"HAS SHE REALLY ABANDONED Q?" requested Twitter consumer KSelk, posting a video the place Greene references Q, the shadowy determine behind the conspiracy. "or did she commit perjury?"

Nonetheless, Roger Parloff, senior editor on the Lawfare weblog, identified on Twitter the distinctive challenges of bringing perjury costs towards Taylor Greene. He stated that as a result of that is an administrative continuing, either side did not have the flexibility to gather and produce paperwork as they'd in a civil or prison trial.

With Georgia's major election arising, the executive regulation decide within the case refused a request to collect paperwork and to make Greene sit for a deposition, based on Parloff.

"However what which means is that when MTG says 'I do not know' or says one thing that may not be fully candid, the challengers usually don't have any strategy to problem her testimony," Parloff stated.

Newsweek reached out Greene's lawyer, James Bopp, for remark.