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> It is a crime to lie to federal agents in the course of a criminal investigation. You can avoid committing that crime by not lying to agents. Just because so
by ailideex 7y ago
> It is a crime to lie to federal agents in the course of a criminal investigation. You can avoid committing that crime by not lying to agents.
Just because something is illegal does not mean it should be illegal - and as far as dumb ass things to be illegal goes I think lying to the FBI is high up on that list.
There is already obstruction of justice which is significantly more reasonable a crime to charge someone with and if your lying was not obstruction of justice I don't see why the FBI should get to jail you for it.
- mehrdadn 7y agoIsn't obstruction of justice only for a judicial proceeding? It wouldn't seem to cover so many of the other cases.
- openasocket 7y agoLying to an investigator actually isn't obstruction of justice, according to the statute. Obstruction of justice is a blanket term for crimes falling under 18 U.S. Code Chapter 73. The only one that comes close is § 1510: Obstruction of criminal investigations. From the name it sure sounds like lying to investigators would fall under it, but if you read the text it only covers certain specific acts of obstruction like bribery. Making false statements to law enforcement falls user 18 U.S. Code Chapter 47, which covers fraud and false statements. In this case it would be § 1001. So yeah, kind of confusing, but that's why there's a separate term for making false statements.
- ailideex 7y ago> Lying to an investigator actually isn't obstruction of justice, according to the statute. Great. It should not be.