Oct. 28, 2005 — -- Perjury and false statements are both felonies, punishable under federal law by up to five years in prison. While the two crimes have similar elements, there are some important ...
On March 21, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court held in Thompson v. United States that a federal statute prohibiting “false” statements to banks, 18 USC § 1014, does not apply to statements that are ...
If you tell your partner that you spent $100 on a rare bobblehead for your office, when the full price was actually $1,000, have you said anything false? Literally, you did spend $100; you just spent ...
The U.S. Supreme Court suggested Tuesday that a federal appeals court misstated the law when it upheld a former Chicago alderman’s conviction for making "false" statements to the Federal Deposit ...
In a dramatic exchange on day 2 of the Karen Read murder trial, the judge turned to a key prosecution witness and asked, “Did you lie?” The witness looked away from the judge, startled by the question ...
Defamation, slander, and libel are terms that are frequently confused with each other, LegalZoom says. They all fall into the same category of law and have to do with communications that falsely ...
Fired FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia over allegations from the Justice Department that he made false statements to Congress when he ...
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