Who in hell made that law?

So you should be able to lie to the FBI without fear of punishment? I don't think that would achieve much in investigations, would it? the law is not stupid.

At what point do you punish? Before you prove a crime or after you prove a crime?
 
Martha Stewart was sent to jail for lying to the FBI. She was never convicted of insider trading. So what crime was she sent to jail for?
 
What I want to know this morning is why in hell is it a punishable crime to lie to the FBI? The FBI can lie to us without punishment. They do it all the time to set up and entrap suspected criminals. Politicians lie to we the people every minute of every day and get rewarded with reelection. I want to know who the hell made the stupid law making it a crime to lie to the FBI so I can put that idiot or idiots on my “never vote for asshole” list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation#History



Background
In 1896, the National Bureau of Criminal Identification was founded, which provided agencies across the country with information to identify known criminals. The 1901 assassination of President William McKinley created a perception that America was under threat from anarchists. The Departments of Justice and Labor had been keeping records on anarchists for years, but President Theodore Roosevelt wanted more power to monitor them
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Criminal_Identification


The National Bureau of Criminal Identification (NBCI), also called the National Bureau of Identification[1] was an agency founded by the National Chiefs of Police Union in 1896, and opened in 1897, to record identifying information on criminals and share that information with law enforcement.[2][3] It was located in Chicago until 1902, at which point it was moved to Washington DC. Allan Pinkerton donated his agency's collection of photographs to the newfound agency.[4] NCBI initially only collected photographs and Bertillon records,[5] which limited the Bureau's effectiveness.[6][7] Its effectiveness greatly increased when it began collecting fingerprints. NCBI ceased to exist as an independent organization when it was absorbed into the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1924
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt


Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (/ˈroʊzəvɛlt/ ROH-zə-velt;[a] October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd Governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century. His face is depicted on Mount Rushmore, alongside those of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Stewart#Stock_trading_case_and_conviction


After a highly publicized six-week jury trial, Stewart was found guilty in March 2004 of felony charges of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and making false statements to federal investigators, and was sentenced in July 2004 to serve a five-month term in a federal correctional facility and a two-year period of supervised release (to include five months of electronic monitoring).[
 
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