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MASLENJAK v. UNITED STATES 

Syllabus 

thwarted investigation, qualification for citizenship is a complete de-
fense to a prosecution under §1425(a).  Pp. 10–15.

3. Measured against this analysis, the jury instructions in this case
were  in  error.    The  jury  needed  to  find  more  than  an unlawful  false 
statement.  However, it was not asked to—and so did not—make any
of  the  necessary  determinations.    The  Government’s  assertion  that 
any instructional error was harmless is left for resolution on remand. 
Pp. 15–16. 

821 F. 3d 675, vacated and remanded. 

KAGAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., 
and  KENNEDY,  GINSBURG,  BREYER,  and  SOTOMAYOR,  JJ.,  joined.    GOR-
SUCH,  J.,  filed  an  opinion  concurring  in  part  and  concurring  in  the
judgment, in which THOMAS, J., joined.  ALITO, J., filed an opinion con-
curring in the judgment.