OAKES, Circuit Judge:
On occasion a prosecution is completed under a statute that everyone, including defense counsel and trial court, assumes to be applicable. On closer examination on appeal, however, the panel raises a question that no one had considered, here the applicability of the statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1001, to statements filed in private civil litigation. After post-argument briefing, we have determined
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