Larry Langford: In his own words

“I don’t’ fly, unless — I wouldn’t be down here unless you weren’t the SEC. I don’t get on planes.”

— On fear of flying.

Q: “Is that all one word?”

Langford: “Yeah, pretty much.”

Q: “One word or two words?”

Langford: “Two words.”

— On his home business, GlobalLink/Global Link.

“I’m a kind of a clothes person. I like clothes.”

— On his $70,000 credit card debt and store credit, spent mostly on clothes.

“I have a mortgage, a couple of car notes, maybe three.”

— On his other debts besides clothes.

Q: “Did you discuss your financial situation with anybody at the time?”

Langford: “Just my wife.”

Q: “Besides your wife — that you needed to pay off these loans — did you discuss that situation with anybody else besides your immediate family?”

Langford: “Just Al.”

— On taking loans from lobbyist Al LaPierre.

“I broke some stuff in my face.”

— On dental bills.

“You can go to Oxford and Oxford will want $3,000 for a suit. You can go to Century 21, you can get it for $400.”

— On shopping in New York’s Garment District.

Langford: “I didn’t know America had that many investment bankers, but they were lined up everywhere.”

Q: “And lined up outside your door?”

Langford: “Out the door, down the hall, out to the street, calling for appointments every day.”

— On bond solicitors.

Q: “Did you ever consider it?”

Langford: “Well, no. I mean, obviously not.”

— On bidding out county bond work.

“I know I’ve given him more than he’s ever given me.”

— On exchanging gifts with Bill Blount.

More to come …