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New Idaho bill would cost you $100K, five years in jail for lying about someone

by LAURA GUIDO/Coeur d'Alene Press
| February 22, 2025 1:00 AM

BOISE — House Speaker Mike Moyle on Friday introduced a bill to make it a felony crime to knowingly communicate a false statement about another person. 

"I'm a firm believer in our First Amendment right, but I also believe that our Founding Fathers did not include in the First Amendment as being able to lie about somebody," Moyle said. 

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