| ▲ | sfRattan 14 hours ago |
| Double check your nose. 18 U.S. Code § 1001 [1] [1]: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1001 |
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| ▲ | NullPrefix 14 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| but it is perfectly legal when federal officers lie themselves? |
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| ▲ | jkaplowitz 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | Generally yes, unfortunately, with very narrow exceptions. Not all countries follow this rule, but the US does, and it’s certainly not alone in this respect. |
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| ▲ | collabs 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| 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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| ▲ | switchbak 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | "Rules for thee but not for me" - isn't that beyond obvious now? The folks running things simply do not play by the rules you or I do (assuming you do). | |
| ▲ | 8note 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | a pardon is still within the rules make sure to give trump a payout and you too can loe to the fbi |
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