I am willing to pay any price to start over, but the past cannot be changed

Delia 2022-01-02 08:01:21

The full text of Van Doren's short statement at the hearing:

I am willing to pay any price to start over, but the past cannot be changed. But I have learned a lot-the meaning of life, my own weaknesses, and the responsibility to others. I also learned that good and evil are not black and white. I am involved. I am deeply involved in a scam. I deceived my friends, thousands of friends. I lied to the American public. I concealed the facts that I knew and also concealed things that I did not know. I evade reality, hoping that the problem will disappear, but the problem will not disappear.
I am scared. Scared to death. I have no excuses, there is only one way, and that is to tell the truth. Very vulgar, but I finally found myself. I have been acting, I thought I was very accomplished, I thought I had achieved a certain purpose. My opportunities are better than others. I live in an ivory tower and I have never laid a foothold in my life. I rely on others to fly too high, everything is too easy, so I will be here now.

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  • Charles Van Doren: Dad, I can't simply just tell them the truth.

    Mark Van Doren: Can't tell them the truth? Why on earth not?

    Charles Van Doren: Because it's complicated.

    Mark Van Doren: Complicated?

  • Mark Van Doren: Charlie, from what I understand, it's just a bunch of frauds showing off an erudition they really didn't have. All you have to do is...

    Charles Van Doren: The problem is, Dad, is that it seems I was one of those frauds.