2:17:14
Ladies and gentlemen,
l must insist that
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We maintain quiet during
this proceedings.
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Mr Hughes,
would you stand to be sworn.
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You solemnly swear in the matter
now pending before this committee,
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You tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
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l do.
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lt's quite all right. lf everyone knows
l won't try to hide it.
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Mr Hughes has a statement.
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You may proceed with this statement,
Mr Hughes.
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Mr Hughes, do you have a statement?
2:18:12
l attempt to be honest here.
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My reputation is being destroyed,
so l might lay cards on the table.
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lf you hadn't gone too far overboard,
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lf you haven't put the
red hot iron in my side,
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l might have been willing to sit back
and take a certain amount of abuse.
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l am only a private citizen.
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Where else you're a senator,
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With all sort of powers.
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But l think this god damn circus
has gone on long enough.
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You have call me a liar, sir,
in the press.
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You've call me a liar, a thief
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Why not tell the truth
for once, senator?