26 Quotes by David Kendall

These leaks make a mockery of the traditional rules of grand jury secrecy. They often appear to be a cynical attempt to pressure and intimidate witnesses, to deceive the public and to smear people involved in the investigation.

Question: And did you tell them you didn't want to do that? Yes.

This has been a partisan process on the part of the House managers. In the House, they had the votes. They didn't think they needed to talk to witnesses.

It's important for the department to take whatever time is necessary to complete a thorough investigation. At the conclusion of such an inquiry, however, it will be clear that there are no grounds for the appointment of an independent counsel.

Any allegation that the president assaulted Mrs. Broaddrick more than 20 years ago is absolutely false ... beyond that we're not going to comment,

In view of the many issues the Department of Justice must resolve, today's announcement is hardly surprising.

The evidence plainly shows that the president did not obstruct justice in any way and there is nothing in this article (of impeachment) that would warrant his removal from office,

The leaking of the past few weeks is untolerably unfair. It violates not only the criminal rules -- rules of court, rules of ethics, and Department of Justice guidelines -- it also violates fundamental rules of fairness in an investigation like this. We have seen leak after leak which ultimately ... turns out to be false information,