"I can't recall" is the new,

[Buttoneer]

"I plead the fifth" - Ivanka Trump.

[mitch96]

1. It seems like that's what all of TFG's lawyers tell the clients to say... Rinse, repeat..nt

[catsudon]

2. Well,

I still remember it being quite popular during the iran contra scandal , ronald raygun uttered it several times on tv.......

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. To be fair, he did have Alzheimer's at that point

Maybe he actually didn't remember.

[getagrip_already]

5. I don't remember him saying it, but his minions did during congressional hearings......

"I have no independent recollection of that matter" was a common phrase.

But ronnie was never called before a committee or court, so he never had to utter it. Maybe he did during an interview somewhere, but it wasn't under oath where it mattered.

[marble falls]

7. He testified at Poindexters trial "Another case of I do not recall", among other times ...

https://www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1990-02-23-mn-1156-story.html
Reagan Retains Charm but Not His Memory - Los Angeles Times
Feb 23, 1990Vessey was far from the only person or event Reagan did not recall. The words "I don't remember," or their equivalents, occurred at least 124 times in his eight hours of testimony.

https://www.c-span.org › video › ?c4448409 › user-clip-reagan-testimony-iran-contra
User Clip: Reagan Testimony Iran-Contra | C-SPAN.org
Reagan: "Well, again, it's a case of memory, I don't recall" Webb: "Do you have any recollection of approving for John Poindexter to send these specific letters to Congress?" Report profane or ...

https://www.chicagotribune.com › news › ct-xpm-1990-02-23-9001160156-story.html
REAGAN HAZY ON IRAN-CONTRA - Chicago Tribune
Feb 23, 1990Published: Feb 23, 1990 at 12:00 am. WASHINGTON — Former President Ronald Reagan, in testimony made public Thursday, said he had no recollection of ever being told that profits from Iran weapons ...

https://millercenter.org › issues-policy › foreign-policy › iran-contra-affair
The Iran-Contra Affair | Miller Center
Annelise Anderson (associate director for economics and government with the US Office of Management and Budget; advisor to the governments of Russia, Romania, and the Republic of Georgia on economic reform): I recall [President Reagan] saying that what really made him feel down—which he seldom felt, he was a pretty cheerful, optimistic kind of person—was that the people of the United ...

https://www.theguardian.com › us-news › 2023 › nov › 03 › donald-trump-jr-eric-trump-testimony-fraud-trial
Ring any bells? Trump boys show less than total recall at family fraud ...
6 days agoI n 1990, Ronald Reagan testified at the trial of John Poindexter, his former national security adviser caught up in the Iran-Contra affair. ... He could not recall much, he said.

[getagrip_already]

8. uhh ohh, I didn't recall that... ;)

hmmmm.

[marble falls]

10. A lot of history has poured over the dam. They could write a thick book about what I just do not recall ...

... and a slim pamphlet on what I have a good grasp of.

Sometimes i wonder where I was while things were going on.

[getagrip_already]

16. maybe father guido sarduchi's 5 minute university had it right after all.....

He taught us in 5 minutes what we would remember in 20 years. Why waste time on all the other stuff?

[marble falls]

17. or in my case, misremember.

[Kingofalldems]

4. See the Watergate hearings.

[moondust]

13. at least 124 times in his eight hours of testimony

The words “I don’t remember,” or their equivalents...

Reagan Retains Charm but Not His Memory

[Chainfire]

6. I was deposed a few years ago in a civil case.

My attorney stressed the value of, "I can not recall at this time."

The primary "witnesses" on the other side, couldn't recall going to prison, or what crimes that he had served time for. (I guess our attorneys went to the same school) That was when the attorney produced his criminal record on what looked like a scroll. It was hilarious. Within one half hour, the case was settled. "To the full satisfaction of all parties."

[yagotme]

11. When I was in corrections, if something happened, we filled out an incident report.

We were told, if anything goes to court, we were to refer back to the incident report. ANYTHING different that you said, that didn't align 100% with your report, would result in your report likely being trashed. Memories DO fade/change over time.

[Chainfire]

14. Do you think that you would forget what had sent you to the state prison a few years ago?

Perhaps that is why there are so many repeat offenders... They just forget.

[yagotme]

15. Well, after working around several thousand of them,

I can believe a few of them do "forget". I usually give some advice to the ones that were leaving, "Don't go hang out on the same corner," Don't hang out with your old buddies, because that's what got you here." Had a few come back, and I told them "What did I tell you?' They'd get a goofy grin, and admit that I was right, the cops knew they would be on parole, stopped the crew they were with, and if ANYBODY in the group had anything illegal on them, the parolee would get sent back for violating parole. "Association".

ETA: spelling.

[republianmushroom]

9. Yup

[Arthur_Frain]

12. New?

We did this with Reagan.