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  2. Making false statements - Wikipedia

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    Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...

  3. United States defamation law - Wikipedia

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    Virginia (Virginia Code Annotated, § 18.2-417) Wisconsin (Wisconsin Statutes, § 942.01) Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Laws, tit. 33, §§ 4101-4104), which was declared unconstitutional in 2003 by a Federal Court [17] Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands Code, Title 14, §§ 1172-1182) [18]

  4. False or misleading statements by Donald Trump - Wikipedia

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    Many academics and observers who study the American political scene have called Trump unique or highly unusual in his lying and its effect on political discourse. "It has long been a truism that politicians lie," wrote Carole McGranahan for the American Ethnologist in 2017, but "Donald Trump is different". He is the most "accomplished and ...

  5. United States free speech exceptions - Wikipedia

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    Under Title 18 Section 871 of the United States Code it is illegal to knowingly and willfully make "any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the president of the United States." This also applies to any "President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President ...

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  7. In a revised case, a former congressman is charged with lying ...

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    Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a foreign billionaire's illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign, reviving a case that was derailed by an ...

  8. Murphy accused of 'lying about the immigration problem' after ...

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    Daubenmier cited a Freedom of Information Act request filed by an unnamed Livingston resident that sought “the number, by month, of illegal immigrants, arrested in Livingston County, for crimes ...

  9. Law of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The law of Virginia consists of several levels of legal rules, including constitutional, statutory, regulatory, case law, and local laws. The Code of Virginia contains the codified legislation that define the general statutory laws for the Commonwealth.