Usage of "every confidence"

[Our Tort System]

Hello,

Are the following wordings natural?

1. I can say with every confidence that we've been played for a bunch of saps by the government.
2. I have every confidence to say that we've been played for a bunch of saps by the government.

Thanks in advance!
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[Mister Micawber]

#1 is the native structure, not #2, but the formality of 'with every confidence' does not sit well in a sentence with the slang 'a bunch of saps'.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

[Our Tort System]

Thank you MM!
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