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Clips from Veep - Testimony (S04E04)

"the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"
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"I do."
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"You were fired from the White House in April. Is that correct?"
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"Yes. The drama queen in me likes to say"
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"that they sacrificed me at Easter."
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"Uh, you've been described as the scapegoat."
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"Were you in fact responsible for the HIV data breach?"
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"No, I value confidentiality and paradoxically I don't care who knows it."
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"Why were you fired?"
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"To conceal something bigger."
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"They thought I was a mouse."
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"Well, this mouse will roar."
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"Ms. Patterson, you better tell us what that something bigger is."
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"Someone from the campaign used child mortality data"
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"from the same federal breach that named Jennifer Graham as an HIV victim."
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"Used to what end?"
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"To deliberately target bereaved parents"
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"for a campaign mailer called I Care."
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"Okay, so this is how it's gonna work."
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"I'm gonna give you everything you need in a nice little box"
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"with a pretty red ribbon on it and then I'm gonna walk away a free man, okay?"
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"- Rat and roll. Deal? - Go on."
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"The thing about Lee Patterson..."
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"She doesn't even know why she was scapegoated."
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"Okay? I do. It's because the child mortality data was used..."
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"Yeah, was used to target bereaved parents. We know that already."
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"Ms. Patterson's talking to the committee right now."
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"- Yes. - Okay, going deeper here."
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"That data was actually taken from the same..."
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"Yeah, it was from the same breach"
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"which identified the HIV girl."
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"We know all that. - Mm-hmm."
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"Guys, we still have a deal, right?"
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"Ms. Patterson, you are aware that your accusations"
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"about the data breach will have serious repercussions for you and the others?"
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"I understand the dangers"
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"and how you're well-placed to remind me of them."
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"You're insinuating that my close personal friendship"
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"with the president might cloud my judgment?"
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"No, not at all."
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"Your judgment, ma'am, is unimpeachable."
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"Did the president know about the data breach?"
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"No, just the people around her."
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"Bill Ericsson and Gary Walsh were closest to her."
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"Which is how I know that Bill Ericsson..."
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"Knew about the data breach."
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"Are you on some kind of satellite delay, Mr. Egan?"
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"With respect to Lee Patterson,"
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"she had no real idea, no concept of what was actually happening."
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"I mean, she was so junior, she may have well been working in the kitchens,"
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"with all due respect to the kitchens."
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"But for the record, Ms. Patterson was a very competent staffer"
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"and what Jimmy Cagney would have called"
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"a good kid in my opinion."
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"I'll wait for a question."
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"We have a deposition from a witness"
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"confirming that you, Mr. Ericsson,"
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"ordered Dan Egan to fire Ms. Patterson."
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"This is what I was afraid of. I'm being snowballed."
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"- I'm a victim of snowballing. - What do you mean, Mr. Ericsson?"
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"Well, a name gets mentioned, then gets mentioned again,"
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"and pretty soon everyone is mentioning it"
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"and then the whole thing snowballs"
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"and then there's an avalanche of snowballs"
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"and I'm being buried by other people's snow"
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"and it's not pure driven, it's not white snow, if you catch my drift."
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"I certainly caught their drift. Do I make sense?"
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"- Am I making sense? - Calm... calm down."
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"Isn't snowballing"
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"what you did to Lee Patterson when you had her fired?"
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"No, that was scapegoating."
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"Again, apologies."
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"You haven't asked me a question."
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"What is the difference between scapegoating and snowballing?"
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"It's not my fault. That's the difference."
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"Is that... is that making sense?"
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"It's not my fault is my basic point."
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"I mean, why I am being raked over the coals"
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"for the misuse of data in the campaign when I'm sitting next to the campaign manager?"
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"Oh, that's... bravo, Bill. Subtly done."
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"Mr. Davison, you are President Meyer's campaign manager, yes?"
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"Yes, ma'am. Though not at the time of the breach."
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"But you were aware of it at the time"
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"and yet you chose to say nothing?"
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"Well, though it may appear that there was nothing going on,"
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"I can assure you that there was..."
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"There was lots going on underneath."
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"Like a swan or Professor Hawking."
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"Who else, then, was involved?"
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"Gary. Gary Walsh."
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"The president's bagman?"
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"Yeah, he's the guy."
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"But... okay, you ever seen Usual Suspects?"
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"I haven't seen it."
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"Okay, well, he's Keyser... I mean..."
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"You haven't seen it, so forget it."
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"Gary's the guy who got Amy Brookheimer and I involved."
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"He's the bagman, yeah, but he's also the bad man."
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"Mr. Walsh, several people"
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"have now described you as being at the center of events,"
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"so I was wondering if you could please outline to us"
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"your duties and your responsibilities."
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"Is there a problem, Mr. Walsh?"
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"I'm sorry. It's just when I was..."
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"When I was originally summoned, it was a smaller hearing"
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"and executive privileges were waived"
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"and now it's like a U2 concert."
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"Well, we are investigating malpractice"
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"possibly leading to criminal investigation."
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"Might you unwaive your executive privilege?"
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"Hmm."
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"Uh-huh. He says not to, so..."
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"Would you say you were friendly with Dan Egan?"
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"Yes, I'm friendly with Dan Egan."
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"I... we're friends, yes."
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"You were seen with him and Amy Brookheimer"
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"on the day of the Families First vote."
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"Mm-hmm. Uh-huh."
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"Yeah."
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"Dan is not my friend."
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