"I am not familiar with that statement."
-- AG pick Pam Bondi, asked at hearing if she agrees with Trump that convicted J6 rioters are "hostages" and "patriots"

"You're trying to engage me in a gotcha."
-- Bondi, asked if Trump lost the 2020 election

"[Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone] will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK -- BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!"
-- Trump

"Jimmy Stewart from Mars."
-- Mel Brooks on David Lynch

"If you want to take it outside, we can do that..."
-- Rep. Nancy Mace to Rep. Jasmine Crockett during House hearing

"The fires are still raging in L.A. The incompetent pols have no idea how to put them out...What's wrong with them?"
-- Trump

"No one wants to take any blame for anything in California. Instead, they are blaming climate change."
-- Lara Trump

"...But for Mr. Trump's election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissable evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial."
-- from final report by Jack Smith, whose team interviewed more than 250 people and obtained grand jury testimony from more than 55 witnesses

"I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA!"
-- Trump

"The legal system is broken... IT'S ALL RIGGED, against a political opponent, ME!"
-- Trump

"We had borders that were sealed and beautiful."
-- Trump, on his first administration

"We had a landslide election... We won the popular vote by millions and millions of people. Nobody even knows how many people...they're still counting the vote in some areas. Can you believe this? What a place, what a horrible place."
-- Trump