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Can you tell us right now if you'll be seeking a second term?
Yeah. And I'm gonna win.
“Manchester, Part I” · Season 3
In this episode: Charlie Young (4), Toby Ziegler (2), Oliver Babish (2), Josiah Bartlet (1), C.J. Cregg (1)
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Was he physically and emotionally prepared to make a life and death decision after what he'd just been through?
He'd been through a TV interview and a press conference. The President finds you all annoying but not prohibitively debilitating.
Aren't you supposed to be writing?
I am writing.
I don't see paper.
'We can sit back and admit with great sensitivity that life isn't fair... and the less-advantaged are destined to their lot in life... and the problems of those on the other side of the world should stay there... and our leaders are cynical and can never be an instrument of change... but that, my friends, is not worthy of you; it's not worthy of a President; it's not worthy of a great nation; it's not worthy of America.' Paper's for wimps.
[advised to get a lawyer] How much?
Assuming you saw nothing wrong, heard nothing wrong and did nothing wrong... about $100,000.
It's a typical marriage, I've been there.
Well, I haven't, but he's the President of the United States, so my guess is no, it's probably not a typical marriage.
Today, the President is going to direct the Attorney General to appoint a Special Prosecutor.
Yes.
Now, you know what that means, right?
Yeah.
Okay, so you'll need a lawyer.
Actually, Mr. Babish, I don't think I need one.
You do.
I think I'll be fine.
Really?
Yeah.
He's going to ask you about everything you'd seen and heard since you started working at the White House.
I can answer those questions truthfully.
Then he's going to call you back a month later and ask you the exact same questions. If your answers change even a little bit, he'll prosecute you for perjury.
Mr. Babish...
Oliver's fine. Are you prepared to describe every conversation you've ever had with the President? Whether he asked you for an aspirin? Whether his hands quivered? Are you prepared to answer questions about your relationship with his youngest daughter? This is NFL football.
When is this all going to happen?
I don't know.
How can you not know?
Because grand jury investigations are secret.
So they can just knock on my door one morning?
They will knock on your door one morning.
How much? You know, how much do you think...
Assuming you did nothing wrong, saw nothing wrong and heard nothing wrong - about a hundred thousand dollars.
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