If a statement is made by a party and the statement is offered against the party that made the statement, the federal law of evidence characterizes such a statement as non-hearsay and exempts it from the hearsay prohibition found in Federal Rule of Evidence 802 or a comparable State rule even though the exempted statement otherwise satisfies the definition of hearsay given in Rule 801(c) or a comparable State rule.

Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(A) effectively overrides, for a statement offered against the party who made it, the definition of hearsay found in Federal Rule of Evidence 801(c).