"He would say...'The Russians didn't do anything. The Ukrainians tried to do something.'"
-- former WH official on Trump

"Putin told me."
-- former senior WH official on Trump's explanation of why he was sure Ukraine was responsible for 2016 election meddling

"They accused him of plotting with Russia, and when that turned out not to be true, they made up pressure on Ukraine."
-- Vladimir Putin on Democrats

"Illegal, unconstitutional...lawless, partisan... depraved...a disgrace."
-- Trump on his impeachment

"The impeachment hearings have illuminated the president's moral deficiencies for all to see...None of the president's positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character....His Twitter feed alone -- with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders -- is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused."
-- Mark Galli, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today magazine, founded by Rev. Billy Graham

"A far left magazine...which has been doing poorly and...knows nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather have a Radical Left nonbeliever, who wants to take your religion and your guns, than Donald Trump as your President...I won't be reading Christianity Today again!"
-- Trump

"When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than Democrats have afforded this president in this process."
-- Rep. Barry Loudermilk

"I'm the first person to ever get impeached and there's no crime. I feel guilty. It's impeachment lite... I don't know about you, but I'm having a good time... It doesn't really feel like we're being impeached."
-- Trump at rally last night

"They accused him of plotting with Russia, and when that turned out not to be true, they made up pressure on Ukraine."
-- Vladimir Putin on impeachment

"No, I don't take any. Zero, to put it mildly."
-- Trump, asked if he takes any responsibility for his impending impeachment

"This is a coup. There is nothing legitimate about it. The charges are a direct assault on the legitimate exercise of power under Article II and as such unconstitutional and illegal."
-- Rudy Giuliani

"An illegal, partisan attempted coup."
-- Trump

"I study coups. The impeachment process is the opposite of a coup in just about every way imaginable. And if you think this is a coup, then you are -- I can't stress this enough -- an idiot."
-- Brian Klass, political scientist at University College London

"Democrats are just voting with a party line and not based in truth or facts."
-- Donald Trump Jr. on impeachment

"I have been deprived of basic Constitutional Due Process from the beginning of this impeachment scam right up until the present...More due process was afford to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials...This is nothing more than an illegal, partisan attempted coup..."
-- Trump, in six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

"The thing will come to the Senate, and it will die quickly, and I will do everything I can to make it die quickly... I have made up my mind. I'm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here."
-- Sen. Lindsey Graham on Trump's impending impeachment and trial

"..Donald Trump will be eligible for a third term due to the illegal attempts by Comey, Dems, and media et al attempting to oust him as POTUS, so that's why I was named to head up the 2024 re-election."
-- tweet by former Gov. Mike Huckabee

"I solemnly swear (or affirm) that in all things appertaining to the trial of _____ , now pending, I will do impartial justice to the Constitution and laws, so help me God."
-- oath required of senators by Senate Rules in Impeachment Trials

"There will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this...We'll be working through this process... in total coordination with the White House counsel's office and the people representing the president in the well of the Senate... There is no chance the president is going to be removed from office."
-- Sen. Mitch McConnell

"[FBI agent] Peter Strzok needed a restraining order to keep him away from his once lover. That's what I heard. I don't know if it's true."
-- Trump, at a rally on Tuesday

"Scum."
-- Trump on the FBI