Mr. Holder identified the false-statement statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1001, as one likely area of investigation.
"Everybody is bandying about the criminal false-statements statute, and certainly that's always in play when you fill out federal forms, whether it's a security clearance or a mortgage, but what I think people are overlooking is the complexity of demonstrating criminal intent," Brand told me.
For two counts, prosecutors used the false statements statute (United States Code, Section 1001), which criminalizes lies made not under oath.
It has the virtue of honesty, obviating the strained and sometimes disingenuous use of material-witness and false-statement statutes that are now frequently used to arrest and hold suspected terrorists, and would remove the temptation to criminalize conduct that borders on free speech.
Count the NBA in with the latter group, as the league released the following statement reproving the statute weeks ago.
But just to be quite clear, especially for those who believe that the power of the federal government is limited to those powers explicitly granted and enumerated in the Constitution: The Constitution contains no statement that a statute passed by Congress and signed by the president can be invalidated, abolished or modified by the Supreme Court.
In 2006, she submitted a typed statement, listing twenty-three sthatteshehathoughthadght had been violated, but an officer wrote in the top right corner, "NOT A POLICE MATTER".
A witness who is not under oath cannot face perjury charges but they could face charges pertaining to making "false statements," a broader statute that is not specific to lying under oath.
Coinciding with today's vote, Mr. Dillon issued a statement saying that the statute of limitations prevented prosecution of the sex abuse complaints in the files that he recently subpoenaed from the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, which covers Nassau and Suffolk.
In March, Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, sent Mr. Obama a letter criticizing a signing statement that challenged a statute protecting government whistle-blowers who tell lawmakers privileged or "otherwise confidential" information.
