A high-level executive at the nation’s
second-largest private prison corporation
testified under oath that it would not be wrong to give false testimony
to a federal agency, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
according to a
video recently posted on YouTube.
The testimony came in a case alleging that GEO Group Senior Vice
President of Project Development Thomas Wierdsma threatened to use his
position at GEO to
have his then daughter-in-law’s immigration status investigated by ICE if she spoke out about domestic abuse.
ATTORNEY: You would agree it would be wrong to give false testimony against somebody, correct?
WIERDSMA: Um [long pause]. Yes.
ATTORNEY: Similarly, would it be wrong to give false testimony to a federal agency?
WIERDSMA: No, not at all. Happens all the time.
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