I saw this cited in a discussion today: Federal False Statements Statute

[jberryhill]

7. They are

When you see things like “Flynn convicted of lying to the FBI” it’s not like “lying to the FBI” is some specific offense by itself.

Papadapoulos was convicted of the same thing. Same statute - 18 USC 1001.

Since most people don’t know or care that Title 18 of the United States Code catalogs most of the federal crimes, and for sure most people don’t know that section 1001 is the administrative perjury statute, then the headlines are:

“Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress”

“Flynn and Papadapolous plead guilty to lying to FBI”

Heck, this is the statute that Martha Stewart was convicted of violating too.

People get nailed under 18 USC 1001 all of the time. It’s just that the reporting is dumbed down to explain the underlying thing that people did, instead of identifying the statute.

On edit: here you go....

https://www.wisenberglaw.com/Articles/How-to-Avoid-Going-to-Jail-under-18-U-S-C-Section-1001-for-Lying-to-Government-Agents.shtml

What do Martha Stewart, General Michael Flynn, and George Papadopoulos have in common? They were each charged, under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001, with lying to federal government agents.