American - Politician | August 22, 1964 -
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.
Trey Gowdy
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If you were summoned for jury duty and you didn't show up, what would happen? You'd be in jail!
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My daughter took Latin for three years; she still can't speak it.
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There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the State Department doesn't get to investigate itself, determine whether or not it made errors in Benghazi. That is Congress's job.
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It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.
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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.
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I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor.
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I don't like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges.
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I thought that was the crown jewel of the reporter's resume - to actually go to jail protecting a source.
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If you can turn off certain categories of law, do you not also have the power to turn off all categories of law?
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I don't think the president had anything to do with Fast and Furious. I'm not sure Eric Holder did, which leads to a conversation about whether he should have known about it.
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I do not want to stay in Washington.
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