{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 2","heading":"Principals","body":"(a) Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal. (b) Whoever willfully causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense against the United States, is punishable as a principal.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"6a2c849d2c44b168c2a90c29ed9f41e72a5bebc0048682ca123f4d33728c99a7","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-1","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}