Abbe Lowell Quotes (35 Quotes)


    The charges are often overstated, based on strained definitions of what is an offense under the law, are often not supported by actual evidence in the boxes and are sometimes, as in the case of counts 10 and 11, the product of zeal to make a case, rather than to state the law.

    For 35 years in his marriage and 30 years in his public service he has kept his private life fairly private. It's hard for him to do now, but he's going to hold on and try.

    I'm absolutely amazed at the lack of media outrage.

    A government employee's actions in dealing with classified information is simply not the same as a private person, whether that person is a reporter or a lobbyist.

    What he has to say about the intimate details of his relationship with anybody is between him and his family, and him and the people that console him.


    We understand that the Levy family wants to do all it can to find Chandra, but police have stated that they are fully satisfied with Congressman Condit's cooperation and with the answers to every single question they have posed, ... The police have also stated that Congressman Condit is not a suspect.

    The congressman has done everything he said he would do, has been doing it while taking care of his constituents as Congress is back in session, and has done it under pressure of nonstop media coverage,


    As to the decision, the verdict of the jury could not be more clear. The jury has said these men are not guilty on these counts.

    As happens probably dozens of times a week in businesses in New York, the partners have a variety of disputes. And these disputes will work their way out. At the end of the day, Dr. Straus will be found to be a highly skilled, highly competent, highly pro

    It's based solely on the sensitivities of cooperation.

    He intends to work with the Justice Department and others to fully resolve all matters of interest, to provide restitution to anyone he has harmed, and to seek absolution from all.

    I think right now he's thinking about how am I helpful with the police, how do I keep my family together, how do I protect the privacy that I have earned over this past however-many decades

    That the president was engaged in an improper relationship which he did not want disclosed is the core charge that Mr. Starr and the majority suggests triggers this constitutional crisis,

    The road to dishonor can end here today.

    For 23 years, Dr. Steve Rosen has been a passionate advocate for America's national interests in the Middle East. He regrets that the government has moved ahead with this indictment, but looks forward to being vindicated at trial.

    He has given no thought to any such thing in any conversation I have overheard him have with anybody.

    None of these matters pertain to Ms. Levy's disappearance or the ability of law enforcement to determine what has happened to her, ... Unlike some, Congressman Condit remains singularly focused on what is and remains the central mission at this time -- locating Chandra Levy. Congressman Condit hopes and prays for Chandra Levy's safe return.

    The rode to dishonor in office can end in this committee, in this room, on this very day, ... What an impeachment is, of course, is the single device to remove from the office the chief executive who you decide is constitutionally disqualified to serve, and by doing so, overturn two national elections.

    Lowell said there was no reason for Condit to take a polygraph test. But if police asked Condit to take one, I will discuss it with them, ... But I will discuss it with them, not with you.

    We expect that the trial will show that this prosecution represents a misguided attempt to criminalize the public's right to participate in the political process,

    Lowering the bar creates a novel theory of impeachment, ... It would permanently weaken the presidency.

    He has never been told that he has done anything wrong.

    I think he feels abused by the typhoon of the media that just sort of swirls around and knocks people over along the way.

    The time has come to focus less on Congressman Condit and more on the 99 other people police have identified who might be as helpful in providing information that could find Chandra.

    Ms. Currie was not listed to be deposed and was not on the witness list in the Jones case ... Ms. Currie then, was not a witness who could have been tampered with.

    It works to keep Chandra's name in the news by keeping Congressman Condit's name in the news,

    You are not drawing the difference between Congressman Condit and his family being extraordinarily helpful to the police and not being extraordinarily helpful to the thousand media people who are dogging him and his kids and his wife and are asking for details of their private lives that they are not going to accommodate,

    The charges in the indictment announced today are entirely unjustified, We are disappointed that the government has decided to pursue these charges, which Mr. Weissman strongly denies.

    I don't think Congressman Condit believes that Larry King Live or Primetime is a church and Larry King or Connie Chung is the priest and this is the place for a confessional.

    He is absolutely frustrated that people don't understand the difference between him wanting to be cooperative with the police and not having a press conference on Pennsylvania Avenue and explaining everything about his life since he went to high school,

    Something that he or somebody else says that gets out in the media can actually have an impact on a lead the police may be following, and he doesn't want to take that risk.

    Those people who are honestly concerned about the disappearance of Ms. Levy will now realize that Congressman Condit has exhausted the information he can provide and that the spotlight on him should be turned elsewhere,

    Before this committee starts making the phrase, 'I don't recall, I don't remember, I'd have to think about it,' something that you would bring to the floor of the Senate, see what an unfair tactic that really is,

    It's not a good sign when what a prosecutor does, in the three days before his grand jury expires, is to create a Web site and announces the vehicle to announce something. I think people better be ready for charges, ... FOX News Sunday.


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