"During the war with Sweden, Peter the Great didn't conquer anything, he took back what had always belonged to us, even though all of Europe recognized it as Sweden's. It seems now it's our turn to get our lands back [smile]."
-- Putin

"Interesting...the Proud Boys moved toward the Capitol before the speech. That is the first time I have heard that. It raises the issue: how could Trump's speech 'incite' them to go to the Capitol if they were already there?"
-- former WH chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, reacting to televised 1/6 hearing

"I assure you, as I assured you about stolen elections, this was not an insurrection or a coup. The president had nothing to do with it, and none of the people close to the president did."
-- Rudy Giuliani

"The overwhelming majority of Americans don't care about January 6th."
-- Fox Host Tucker Carlson

"Trump has become a prisoner of his own ego...The King Lear of Mar-a-Lago."
-- New York Post editorial

"The truth about J6 is there was just a riot, and that's it. No one planned it, no one coordinated it, and President Trump had nothing to do with it...and no Member of Congress had anything to do with it."
-- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

"A hoax...POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!"
-- Trump on televised hearings

"Maybe our supporters have the right idea. Mike Pence deserves it."
-- Trump, in response to the "Hang Mike Pence!" chant

"...Al-Qaeda terrorists were treated better than I was...I was thinking to myself, 'This feels like Stalinist Russia.'...Help me, please! I'm looking at a half million dollars in legal expenses...or more! This could go to a million. I've got to raise that money. I can't kill my retirement!"
-- former Trump aide Peter Navarro, arrested for ignoring Congressional subpoena

"This is the most spectacular children's book ever!...I know your familly will enjoy it as much as mine did when King Donald was exonerated and Hillary Queenton Clinton was banished from the Kingdom once and for all!...Let's put this amazing book in every school in America."
-- Trump, on The Plot Against the King, described by the publisher as "a fantastical retelling of Hillary Clinton's horrible plot against Trump"

"Biden has just pushed the EU to stop buying Russian oil, payback for getting Trump elected."
-- Fox News host Tucker Carlson

"I feel like Nelson Mandela when he came out of prison. It's like the long walk to free speech freedom."
-- Piers Morgan, on having a new TV show

"Instead of calling me, and say "Hey we need you down at court, we got a warrant for you" -- I would have gladly come -- what did they do? They intercepted me getting on the plane...They bring me here, they stick me in a cell...What they did to me today violated the Constitution."
-- former Trump adviser Peter Navarro, on being arrested for ignoring an "unlawful" subpoena from "the kangaroo committee on the Hill"