“I think I owe the court a very serious apology. Why did I mislead or lie? I assumed I had First Amendment protection .... It's no excuse for ignorance. I made a stupid mistake.”
“The only time I was under oath was Monday, and I told the absolute truth, ... Those were not sworn statements ... My perception was that it was legal jockeying.”
“I said when I was running for office that I was going to give some of these kids jobs. I meant that. A lot of kids make mistakes, and when they come back, they don't have any place to go. That's when they go back to doing what they were doing before.”
