Perjury Trap
From Cognitive Attack Taxonomy
Perjury Trap
Short Description: Prosecutor seeks to trick a suspect into committing perjury.
CAT ID: CAT-2024-005
Layer: 8, 10
Operational Scale: Tactical
Level of Maturity: Observed in the Wild
Category: TTP
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Detailed Description: The process of a prosecutor who is unable to indict a suspect for a substantive crime, seeks to induce the subject to testify in a manner that the prosecutor knows will be contradicted by reliable evidence, thereby subjecting the witness to prosecution for perjury.
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https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/perjury-trap
