Trump:
"Roger was never involved in the Trump campaign for president. He wasn't involved. I think early on, long before I announced, he may have done a little consulting work or something, but he was never involved when I ran for president."

***

MSNBC's Chris Hayes to Roger Stone:
"You started in a formal role in the campaign, and quickly left the formal role and became a kind of informal adviser and contact with him throughout the campaign."

Stone:
"That is correct."

"How bad were the Academy Awards this year?...'And the winner is a movie from South Korea.' What the hell was that all about? We got enough problems with South Korea with trade. On top of it they give them the best movie of the year? Was it good? I don't know...Can we get 'Gone with the Wind' back please? 'Sunset Boulevard'?"
-- Trump at rally

"Warren pounding Bloomberg about non-disclosure agreements signed by women. All companies have those. Bloomberg looks weak."
-- Bill O'Reilly, who has paid at least $45M in NDA settlements, live-tweeting last night's debate

"I'm actually, I guess, the chief law enforcement officer of the country. But I've chosen not to be involved."
-- Trump

"If I wasn't President, I'd be suing everyone all over the place. But maybe I still will. Witch Hunt!"
-- Trump

"It's only a small fraction of the stupid lawyers in Washington...who have become political hacks...The NYT, WaPo, CNN -- they...trash our constitutional rights the way Joe McCarthy did to communists, but he didn't get away with it because Republicans stood up...Schiff, Pelosi are the Joe McCarthys of today."
-- Rudy Giuliani, on over 2,000 former Justice Dept. officials signing a petition calling for AG William Barr to resign for giving special treatment to Trump's political allies

"You want to know what happened with Fauxcahontas, it's very simple. Bernie Sanders tomahawked her in the back. From the moment that he said she couldn't win because she's a woman, her poll numbers nose-dived and the wampum from donors dried up... They had an agreement not to attack each other... and Bernie broke it. Just one more treaty the white man violated with the native peoples, indigenous peoples, Fauxcahontas."
-- Rush Limbaugh

"If we hadn't reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration, the world would not now be witnessing this great economic success."
-- Trump

6.6 million
-- number of new jobs created in first 36 months of Trump administration

8.1 million
-- number of new jobs created in last 36 months of Obama administration

Bill O'Reilly, November 2019:
"So you didn't direct [Rudy Giuliani] to go [to Ukraine] on your behalf?"

Trump:
"No."

***

Geraldo, this past week:
"Was it strange to send Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine, your personal lawyer? Are you sorry you did that?"

Trump:
"Not at all."

"Three years of lies."
-- Donald Trump Jr. on Democrats

"A nine-year sentence for doing nothing."
-- Trump, characterizing the sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, convicted of witness tampering, lying to Congress, and obstructing the Russia investigation in order to protect Trump and his campaign