"I had to follow my compass."
-- attorney Joe Tacopina, on why he quit Trump legal team

"Every booster you take, you're more likely to get Covid as a result of it."
-- Gov. Ron DeSantis

"All presidents must have complete and total presidential immunity."
-- Donald Trump, arguing for a different form of government than the one we have

"What if the ex-president commits murder -- then he can't be charged? That seems weird, right?"
-- Sen. Josh Hawley, on Trump's demand for "total immunity"

"Sometimes you just have to live with 'great but slightly imperfect.' All presidents must have complete and total presidential immunity, or the authority and decisiveness of a president of the United States will be stripped and gone forever. Hopefully this will be an easy decision. God bless the Supreme Court!"
-- Trump

"[Trump] will win the nomination. The news media doesn't want to say it because they need to hype and watch us while we go through the charade."
-- Newt Gingrich

"I don't know anyone who would be comfortable with someone who behaves this way having his finger on the button..."
-- Sen. Ted Cruz in 2016, when he won the Iowa caucuses and Trump claimed fraud and demanded a do-over

"This is the third time we have won, but this is the biggest win."
-- Trump last night, on winning the Iowa caucuses for the second time

"For years to come there are many people on the right, in the media and voters at large, that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump."
-- Marco Rubio, 2016

"I support Trump."
-- Marco Rubio, yesterday

"This was a political witch hunt; we should receive damages for what they have taken our company through. They have no documents -- they have nothing! I am an innocent man... What has happened here is a fraud on ME."
-- Trump, in closing argument to courtroom and judge in civil fraud trial

"Without immunity, it would be very hard for a president to enjoy his or her 'golden years' of retirement. They would be under siege by radical, out-of-control prosecutors, much like I am, but without the retirement!
-- Trump