Zitat des Tages von Trey Gowdy:
October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at McPherson Square with the definition of camping being sleeping or preparing to sleep.
Honestly, I have heard a lot in my 16 years as a prosecutor.
Benghazi matters because Americans deserve to know the truth from those entrusted to lead and govern.
The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding something. That's human nature. That may not be a legal presumption, but that's a common sense presumption.
Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted.
I'm not searching for ways to tell the District of Columbia what to do.
I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons.
If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law?
There's several different forms of executive privilege. The one that is most absolute would be close advisers talking to the president himself.
My daughter took Latin for three years; she still can't speak it.
You don't get John Gotti to testify against his driver. You get the driver to testify against John Gotti.
I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.
I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter's resume - to actually go to jail protecting a source.
I'm unelectable in the District of Columbia.
There's no way we can get to the bottom of Benghazi without David Petraeus.
It is actually costlier to hire an immigrant. And yet the farm worker is almost invariably an immigrant. You can't pay an American to pick blueberries.
It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.