24 (TV Series)

Day 3: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (2004)

Geoff Pierson: Senator John Keeler

Quotes 

• President David Palmer : [Meeting privately]  please take a seat

  Senator John Keeler : Thank you, I'll stand

  President David Palmer : You can imagine my surprise when I was told me you wanted to see me: are you withdrawing from the race?

  Senator John Keeler : Mr. President, with respect to the death of Alan Milliken, I know you lied to the police

  President David Palmer : Excuse me?

  Senator John Keeler : You obstructed the investigation of a capital crime

  President David Palmer : That's a baseless charge though I've come to expected this recklessness from you

  Senator John Keeler : No Sir, it is neither "baseless" nor "reckless." This is a photograph of the Nitroglycerin that would've saved Milliken's life: if it hadn't been kept from him, you told the police Sherry was with you at the time of Milliken's death. Fingerprints on this prescription bottle prove otherwise. Now the last thing this country needs is to have its President "dragged through the mud" for complicity in a murder

  President David Palmer : Why are you showing me this? What do you want?

  Senator John Keeler : Your resignation: not immediately of course but once this crisis you're dealing with is over, you can resign with any kind of "face saving" reason you want to give

  President David Palmer : [Sternly]  get out of here

  Senator John Keeler : I'm giving you the chance to leave this Office with honor, to control how your legacy is written. It's a good deal, you should take it