By far the broadest federal statute criminalizing lying is 18 U.S.C. § 1001, which makes it a crime to "knowingly and willfully... make any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation" in the course of "any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch" of the federal government.
He is charged with providing false statements and representations by lying to agents at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services about travel to Syria and his association with Al-Nusra Front.
But according to the federal indictment, "Meek's statements and representations denying such specifics were false, fictitious, and fraudulent when made".
While it's hard to base a statement on representation presented from one year, the folks at Vocativ have put together a chart monitoring the nominees in these four categories starting in 1960.
"This Agreement... set[s] forth the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the Transaction, supersede[s] all prior discussions, understandings, agreements and representations and shall not be modified or affected by any offer, proposal, statement or representation, oral or written, made by or for any Party in connection with the negotiation of the terms hereof".
A Houston grand jury on Jan . 6indicted Omar Faraj Saeed al Hardan, 24, a Palestinian national born in Iraq and living in Texas, on charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization and making false statement or representation to an agency of the United States.
It, thus, seems premature to make some general statements about the representation of optic flow information at the level of descending neurons as compared to the one in lobula plate tangential cells.
"As we have continually said, HP relied on the audited financial statements and the representations of Autonomy's management and its auditors regarding Autonomy's business and revenue," HP said in a statement.
But Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary, said: "This is a completely improper meeting convened by the government privately with the Commons authorities and senior civil servants to manage the Speaker's statement without any representation from other parliamentarians.
Their motto is "we keep our prices low to help your business grow" and this statement is a representation of what they stand for.
