JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Today we overrule the "exculpatory no" exception to 18 U.S.C. § 1001 as the law in this circuit. We therefore affirm the conviction of Zacarias Rodriguez-Rios ("Rodriguez") of one count of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent representation of a material fact in violation of § 1001.
I.
We take the following facts from the panel opinion, United States v. Rodriguez-Rios,
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