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“I've been fighting for Davids versus the Goliaths for 18 years, my entire career.”
“I don't generally go after people offensively, but if somebody comes after me, I will absolutely meet them every step of the way and then some, no question.”
“Anybody that says I don't have any experience in immigration cases doesn't know what the hell they're talking about.”
“Donald Trump - you can say a lot of negative things about him, and I do, and I think he's completely unprepared for the office, and he lacks the fabric to lead this nation, but if there's one thing that he understands, it's branding and how to navigate the media.”
“'The Washington Post' doesn't have to report on what I post on Twitter. CNN doesn't have to report on what I post on Twitter. All kinds of media outlets - they don't have to report on anything that I post on Twitter. Just like they don't have to report on all kinds of other things that other people post on Twitter.”
“Part of the problem is that we don't have enough Democrats that will actually stand toe-to-toe with this bully Donald Trump and fight for the rights and values of this republic.”
“I ended up working on over 150 political campaigns in 42 states; over a third of those were for Republicans. I want to be clear about that. Approximately two-thirds were for Democrats, so, I worked on both sides of the aisle, across the United States.”
“I'm a student of the law.”
“I can't remember the last time I was able to just chill.”
“I would like to think people would take me seriously.”
“You can't go into Youngstown, Ohio, and tell everybody they're going to be retrained and go work for Google or Apple.”
“Women face a very, very difficult time when they run for higher elected office, unfortunately, especially against a guy like Donald Trump.”
“I'm used to litigating against incredibly competent, high-quality lawyers that are very good chess players.”
“Frankly, sometimes you have to go into the belly of the beast, as they say, and take on some of these individuals even if they're entirely unprofessional, like Tucker Carlson.”
“The attorney doesn't decide what to do; the client ultimately decides what to do.”
“I'm not a celebrity. I'm a guy doing a job.”
“I'm not under obligation to provide information to everyone that wants it when they want it.”
“In L.A., anytime a show is a success, people come out of the woodwork claiming they had the idea first.”
“This argument that somehow I'm chasing the limelight is a bunch of nonsense, and it's offensive - highly offensive - to me.”
“When you have a white male making the arguments, they carry more weight... Should they carry more weight? Absolutely not. But do they? Yes.”