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Thursday, 06/22/2017 4:51:07 PM

Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:51:07 PM

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The statute spells out this purpose in subsection 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a), which states:


(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully—
(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device[ , ] a material fact;(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry