Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk on behalf of Senators Duckworth and Harris and myself for the House managers and for the President's counsel. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. The question from Senator Reed and the other Senators is for both parties, beginning with the House managers: It has been reported that President Trump has not paid Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney, for his services. Can you explain who has paid for Rudy Giuliani's legal fees, international travel, and other expenses in his capacity as President Trump's attorney and representative? Mr. Manager SCHIFF. A short answer to the question is, I don't know who is paying Rudy Giuliani's fees, and if he is not being paid by the President to conduct this domestic political errand for which he has devoted so much time, if other clients are paying and subsidizing his work in that respect, it raises profound questions--questions that we can't answer at this point. There are some answers that we do know. As he has acknowledged, he is not there to inform policy. So when counsel for the President says this is a policy dispute and you can't impeach a President over policy, what Rudy Giuliani was engaged in, by his own admission, has nothing to do with policy--has nothing to do with policy. And let me mention one other thing about this scheme that Giuliani was orchestrating and the consequence of the argument that they would make that quid pro quos are just fine.…”