What is the definition of "willfully and knowingly" making a false statement in a passport application?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Jean-Baptiste, 166 F.3d 102 (2nd Cir. 1999):
proscribes "willfully and knowingly" making a false statement in a passport application. The crime is complete when one makes a statement one knows is untrue to procure a passport.... Good or bad motives are irrelevant.
Id. at 1535. See also Liss v. United States, 915 F.2d 287, 293 (7th Cir.1990).
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