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sfRattantoday at 1:34 AM2 repliesview on HN

Double check your nose.

18 U.S. Code § 1001 [1]

[1]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1001


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collabstoday at 1:47 AM

If you ask me, this law ought to be removed completely.

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/939064270/trump-pardons-forme...

> President Trump has issued a pardon to his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn. Flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and then recanted.

Rules for thee but not for me.

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NullPrefixtoday at 1:52 AM

but it is perfectly legal when federal officers lie themselves?

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