"I find the dissenting FASB votes to raise some very troubling prospects regarding CECL."
"It was those words at the direction of the President of the United States. So, yes, there is now a specific accusation of a specific crime."
"Whatever else you think of the President, now pretty much everybody, his campaign manager, his trusted lawyer and off a lot of people associate with this campaign are now known to be criminals."
"if a very valuable penthouse, anything of value is offered to a foreign leader in the context of you asking for that leader's help on something, yes, I think that sure looks like a bribe."
"my God, I mean, in terms of inappropriate, that one of our chief antagonists around the world would have the ability to dangle something in front of the incoming president, you know, is just profoundl..."
"it sort of looks like the president wasn't telling the truth when he told the American people he had no deals with Russia."
"I believe that he wanted to, whether he was ever going to be permitted to do so is a totally different question."
"What's important is that there is a mechanism for the special counsel to ask the President whatever questions the special counsel may have, and that's sort of an important constitutional principle tha..."
"I don't believe that for a second. I think the President demanded to know who he might get away with putting in that position that would be most inclined to share his view of the investigation."
"To me it's pretty clear that the attorney general is a principle officer and should be Senate confirmed."
"It is very clear to me that given that he goes into this with an adverse opinion on this investigation, he should recuse himself right away."
"I look at this and I see us lining up with appalling dictators and quirky monarchies in ways that probably have blowback for us."