Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk for the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. Senator Sanders asks the House managers: Republican lawyers have stated--on several occasions--that two people, Senator Johnson and Ambassador Sondland, were told directly by President Trump that there was no quid pro quo in terms of holding back Ukraine aid in exchange for an investigation into the Bidens. Given the media has documented President Trump's thousands of lies while in office--more than 16,200 as of January 20--why should we be expected to believe that anything President Trump says has credibility? Mr. Manager SCHIFF. Well, I am not quite sure where to begin with that question except to say that if every defendant in a trial could be exonerated just by denying the crime, there would be no trial. It doesn't work that way. I think it is telling that when Ambassador Sondland spoke with President Trump, the first words out of his mouth, according to Sondland, were ``no quid pro quo.'' That is the kind of thing you blurt out when you have been caught in the act and say: It was not me. I didn't do it. Even then, the President couldn't help himself because the other half of that conversation was ``no quid pro quo'' but that Zelensky needs to go to the mic, and what is more, he should want to--no quid pro quo but quid pro quo. This reminds me of something that came up earlier.…”