They have codified lying...

why would they give that up?

See: Proud Trump Supporter's thread (w/ video)

No one goes to jail in the swamp because it is legal to lie
Thread: No one goes to jail in the swamp because it is legal to lie

False Statement Accountability Act (FSAA) October 11, 1996

codified at 18 USC 1001 (see para b)

18 U.S. Code §1001. Statements or entries generally

(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;

shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both. If the matter relates to an offense under chapter 109A, 109B, 110, or 117, or section 1591, then the term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be not more than 8 years.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a party to a judicial proceeding, or that party’s counsel, for statements, representations, writings or documents submitted by such party or counsel to a judge or magistrate in that proceeding.


No one goes to jail in the swamp because it is legal to lie
Feb 1, 2019
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