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“We’ve all said that he was testifying and we didn’t see a crime,” said Tillis.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

It’s a question that completely flummoxed Michael Glasheen, the FBI’s branch and operations director, last week when he was testifying before the House Committee on Homeland Security.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

Michael Quinn, who was a 17-year-old schoolboy in 1972, was testifying at the trial of Soldier F, who denies two charges of murder and five charges of attempted murder.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Favre, 54, was testifying about welfare abuses in Mississippi and allegations that he and others used Temporary Assistance for Needy Families state funds for personal and corporate gains.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

Terryl noticed that, while she was testifying and even before it, the committee members had seemed to be only half listening; a couple, she noticed, were even texting, playing with their phones.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel