“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
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On the recordNovember 17, 2010
And I want to say to this committee, I love America, but hate the government. I love the elected members. I have met many of you and love you all. And I mean that. That's not patronizing to get your vote. I don't expect your vote. But we have an aristocracy and a judiciary that is afraid of the FBI and the IRS. They're scared to death of them. And they trampled all over my rights. And I will be damned if they're going to do it to me. So, I will take an upward departure, and I will die in jail, because I did not commit these crimes.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Traficant expresses his love for America while criticizing the government and the judiciary during his ethics trial.

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