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CMV: Politicians should be subject to perjury laws

This is in specific regard to US politics, because I don't know what laws and conditions are like in other countries.

My belief is simple and easy to state:

Politicians  shouldn't be allowed to lie to candidates. If either a sitting  politician or a candidate tells a provable lie, they should be  prosecuted and if found guilty, sent to prison.

Americans deserve a functional political system based on truth and integrity. Allowing liars and frauds into office has put us into the quagmire we're in now. I'm open to alternative courses of action that might work to stop these people from getting into office based on false pretenses and fabrications.

Editing for clarification: This should be applicable throughout the entire election process, including all candidates running for office.
gpt
Perjury is pretty difficult to prove.

It requires *lying under oath* and doing so *willfully* on a *relevant topic*.

(1) Would this mean that politicians are considered "under oath" at all times? During only certain appearances? 

(2) We also have to prove that a politician was not misinformed. How would we go about this? Even if they are misinformed, an omission couldn't be prosecuted, just a willful, blatant lie.

(3) We also have the issue of jurisdiction. Which court would have venue? Which law would have jurisdiction?

The issue with formal charges is that they are much more stringent than media fact-checking, and would require a long, complex process that would take up politicians' time without producing much more benefit than current media fact-checking programs. If anything, it would probably produce more of a false sense of security than actually give us meaningful change. Instead, it'd be nice to see some neutral, centralized fact-check program which pops on screens during speech or something along those lines.