Michael Caputo

“I've had a couple of very significantly in-depth discussions with Donald Trump about America and about patriotism and about the gifts this country has given him.”

“I get to share ideas with some of the smartest people in conservative politics.”

“I should never have left East Aurora.”

“I was sent to Russia in 1994 by the Clinton administration to meddle in Russian elections and stayed seven years doing it.”

“Leadership is about good and sound judgment.”

“I was trying to help Gazprom Media explain why they took over NTV, a television network. If that somehow down the line helped the Kremlin, that wasn't what I was hired for.”

“If I were to run for office, my skeletons would come dancing out of the closet in a can-can.”

“Let's face it, the White House is a treacherous place.”

“In 2014, with the help of Donald Trump, my friend Chuck Sonntag and I got a group of Big Tree Boys together to organize fans to help keep the Bills in Buffalo. We started Bills Fan Thunder, and we played a small public role in saving our team.”

“Until David Bellavia tells me to shut up, I'm going to keep trying to convince him that our country needs him.”

“Increasing detection and enforcement at points of entry means hiring new Customs officers and purchasing more equipment to screen vehicles for contraband.”

“After President Boris Yeltsin was elected in 1996, I opened a PR firm there to help American companies entering the new market work with the Kremlin and parliament.”

“You try to find ways to trip up your opponent. And if somebody comes to you and says, 'I've got, you know, the smoking gun on the... Clinton campaign,' you have that meeting. You definitely have that meeting.”

“I never went to war, but I served alongside some real heroes and grew deeply loyal to the service of those who fought and died. To me, as you might guess, the United States flag and National Anthem represent solemn reverence to combat veterans, the fallen and their families.”

“I believe in forgiveness.”

“Putin must stand as the guarantor of media freedom.”

“Omarosa is a distraction. She's always been a distraction. She's never been a positive influence on anything to do with Donald Trump.”

“The Somali people deserve the kind of life we have here in the United States.”

“America loves a forgiveness story. America is the land of second chances.”

“I think people make mistakes when they're on Twitter when they're trying to crack jokes, none of it's funny, and it tends to happen to people who are trying to be funny.”