What Recent Special Counsel Prosecutions Can Tell Us About False Statements Prosecutions

April 3, 2023  |  New York Law Journal: White Collar Crime Report

Criminal investigations and prosecutions have now become a regular part of our political life. One manifestation is the frequency of false statement charges under 18 U.S.C. § 1001. In his article for the New York Law Journal’s White Collar Crime Report, “What Recent Special Counsel Prosecutions Can Tell Us About False Statements Prosecutions,” Jonathan S. Sack discusses two false statement cases brought by Special Counsel John Durham – United States v. Sussman and United States v. Danchenko. The article considers key issues relating to Section 1001 liability and how the results of given cases are far from certain.

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