Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice. The CHIEF JUSTICE. The President's counsel has 2\1/2\ minutes. Mr. Counsel PHILBIN. Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. Thank you, Senator, for the question. The question asks about what Ambassador Bolton meant in a comment that is purported hearsay by someone else saying what he supposedly said. But what we know is that there are conflicting accounts of the July 10 meeting at the White House. Dr. Hill says that she heard Ambassador Sondland say one thing. He denies that he said that. Dr. Hill says she went and talked to Ambassador Bolton, and Bolton said something to her about what was said in the meeting where he wasn't there, and he was saying something about it, calling it a drug deal. And what he meant by that--I am not going to speculate about it. It is a hearsay report of something he said about a meeting that he wasn't in, characterized in some way, and I am not going to speculate about what he meant by that. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The Senator from North Dakota.”