“It has long been a crime to make a false statement to the government. But the law criminalizes only false statements that are material—false statements that matter because they can actually affect a specific decision of the government,” Sussmann’s lawyers said in their motion. You mean like wasting resources and time in the investigative process because Sussman was trying to throw them off the trail?
“It has long been a crime to make a false statement to the government. But the law criminalizes only false statements that are material—false statements that matter because they can actually affect a specific decision of the government,” Sussmann’s lawyers said in their motion. You mean like wasting resources and time in the investigative process because Sussman was trying to throw them off the trail?