It's a little worse than that even - in that example, I think the feds are just trying to get him to repeat something _he said_. The way it works, is they meet

It's a little worse than that even - in that example, I think the feds are just trying to get him to repeat something _he said_. The way it works, is they meet with you alone: You say "A, B, C". They take some notes and write down "D, E, F" because it's what they want to hear or what they wish you said. A few weeks later, they present you with a written statement to sign that says "D, E, F". You protest "but I didn't say that, I said A, B, C!" And then they threaten you: either sign the statement or we charge you with lying to a Federal Agent (a felony). According to my Father in-law (an attorney with decades of experience), it happens way more than anyone would like to admit.