Quotes from Michael Caputo

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.

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.

Pros in state capitals across the country and inside the Beltway might be more skeptical, but they're still vulnerable. They should be on vigilant watch for Sacha Baron Cohen and a legion of his imitators.

This whole blockchain thing is so compelling to me - I don't know where it's going, but it's such an interesting ride.

Coming from Buffalo, N.Y., I recognize the distinct difference between inside-the-Beltway conservatives and lake-shore conservatives. It's populist conservatism.

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

Most people I know have had problems paying their taxes. I am just like everybody else.

There was absolutely no discussion of Russia on the Trump campaign 'til the day I left.

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

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.

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

I believe in forgiveness.

To pay the bills, I've liquidated my children's college fund.

I'm a Republican but I have a lot of respect for Byron Brown. He's a gentleman. He's bright, engaging, community-focused, and resourceful.

The term 'perjury trap' means interviewing someone for no underlying crime and no other purpose except with the hope that the person forgets something, or another witness remembers things differently. Either way, somebody gets charged with perjury.

I have worked on behalf of storm survivors for 10 years, and compared to historic hurricanes on the mainland, Hurricane Maria is the worst recovery I've ever witnessed.

Receiving a reputable pro-Israel award isn't a bad idea for a Democrat or a Republican in a New York City congressional district.

There are plenty of politically motivated pretenders out there preparing to punk you, and you better be on your toes.

I don't regret anything I've done. But all I have to show for it are stories.

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 you don't go into a congressional hearing thoroughly prepared, then you should bring a toothbrush, because you're going to be there a while.

I think that Roseanne can find her way through to apologize to the community, to apologize to the people she offended most, and move on with her life. To think that she can't is almost totalitarian.

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

After directing broadcast media coverage for seven House committees, I know the signs of a sideshow - and delivering demand letters to reporters before they go to the person being asked to produce documents is one of the chief signs.