I’m with @elbanditoroso on this one. Who would decide what is a lie? Yes, I know everyone thinks about Trump on this one. But look at Biden. Let’s take fracking as an example. He stated, during his run for POTUS, that he wanted to do away with fracking and fossil fuels. He stated he was fully in support of fracking. He stated that he didn’t want any new fracking. And depending on the audience, He stated that he never said any of the other things. Somewhere along the line he was lying. You can’t possibly want all of those things.
Or look at Trump. He wanted to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it. He did get some of a wall built, but Mexico didn’t pay for it. They did other things, but not that. And the wall was not along the entire border. So was that a lie? Suppose you then consider that his political opponents fought him tooth and nail for funding the wall. So while he wanted it, he couldn’t get the entire thing. Is that his fault? Was it a lie?
So let’s say it is illegal. What’s the penalty? Is he automatically withdrawn from the race? If he is already in office, is he automatically ejected?
While it is a lovely idea that we should have honest politicians, they are, after all, humans. And we all lie at some point.