guilty is a step I never imagined I take but it is a necessary one because it is the right thing to do I’m taking the responsibility because I have to there’s no other way around it to my family friends and supporters and the people of New York’s thirdd congressional district I offer my deepest apologies has been the proudest achievement of my life to represent you and I believe I did so to the best of my abilities but you also trusted me to represent you with honor and to uphold the values that are essential to our democracy and in that regard I fail you