"I was a private citizen engaged in a business like any other business, " Mr. Gingrich said.
"He has more power than any other private citizen in the United States, " said Wolff.
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The issue has been muddied as the Internet has blurred the line between journalist and private citizen.
As a private citizen, he has helped to save the lives of millions of people around the world.
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In other words, sometimes the invocation of the privilege hurts the government and sometimes it hurts the private citizen.
It is worse when it's directed at private citizen who was simply expressing her views on a matter of public policy.
That makes it different than what a legislator says on the campaign trail or what a private citizen does within the voting booth.
He is not just a private citizen, but the Palestinian Authority's chief negotiator, and he knows Israel and its internal dynamics very well.
Martha Mullen, a private citizen of Richmond, is credited with having co-ordinated efforts behind the scenes to resolve the problem of where to bury Tsarnaev.
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Bill Clinton is a private citizen, officially outside the administration but still too popular, too influential and too married to Hillary to be ignored.
As a private citizen, he has united Americans in times of crisis, lending his tireless efforts to men and women whose lives have been upended by disaster.
Beverley Hills police spokesman Lieutenant Ed Kreins said that his department could not comment on civil litigation filed by one of its members as a private citizen.
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Now that Clinton is a private citizen, she can steer clear of the crossfire for a couple of years while building her brand and her bank account.
Italy's U-turn also upset the Supreme Court, which ordered the travel ban on Mr. Mancini while hearing a contempt-of-court petition filed against him by a private citizen.
In his talks with them, Mr Abiola apparently hinted that he would be content to become a private citizen again and not claim his right to be president.
And a bill called the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 makes it harder than ever for a private citizen to buy a lighthouse at an auction, as Holman did.
He became the first private citizen to address the United Nations Security Council and he briefed the then United States president, Jimmy Carter, on what he should do about South Africa.
Again, Governor Richardson is traveling as a private citizen.
One option to amend the law to allow Mr Netanyahu to run as a private citizen could be challenged in the Israeli Supreme Court - leading to an American-style political and legal crisis.
During the 1996 New Hampshire GOP primary, Romney, a private citizen at the time, paid for an advertisement criticizing Steve Forbes' signature flat tax on the grounds that it was a giveaway to the ultra-rich.
Called "the most influential private citizen in America" by Time, Dick Morris is a familiar figure as a commentator for the Fox News Channel and is well known for hard-hitting, nonpartisan commentary about the U.S. political scene.
At this point, governor Snyder could, theoretically, appoint the CEO of General Motors or any other qualified private citizen to come into your town and take over everything from the public services, to the distribution of state and federal tax dollars.
As soon as I got to work, I wrote a fairly irate but detailed email, as a private citizen rather than a journalist, to the Connect to Cardiff (C2C) online service, pointing out the mayhem the changes were causing and asking for warning signs to be put up straightaway as a minimum until the lines could be re-painted.
The decision, which allows impacted users to file compensatory claims, stems from a 2008 - 2009 incident in which a private German citizen incurred a loss of phone, fax and internet service over a two month period.
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Increasingly, cities are enlisting private security forces and citizen watchdogs as crime fighters.
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The Mexican constitution provides the right of private individuals to make citizen's arrests. flagrante delicto, any person may arrest the offender and his accomplices, turning them over without delay to the nearest authorities.
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