"I have known Bobby my whole life... It's no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because he himself is a predator...Siblings and cousins who Bobby encouraged down the path of substance abuse suffered addiction, illness, and death while Bobby has gone on to misrepresent, lie, and cheat his way through life."
-- Caroline Kennedy on her cousin RFK Jr., Trump's nominee to head DHHS

"A lot of people say he's crazy. I think he's kind of crazy. But sometimes you need a little crazy."
-- Trump on Kash Patel, his pick to head the FBI

"I was the Main Justice lead prosecutor for Benghazi."
-- Kash Patel, lying in 2023

"It's like Daddy arrived and he's taking his belt off."
-- Mel Gibson, on Trump visiting fire zone in CA

"Daddy's back."
-- Rep. Byron Donalds on Trump inauguration

"Daddy's home."
-- Rep. Lauren Boebert

"When Dad gets home, you know what he says? 'You've been a bad little girl, and you're getting a vigorous spanking right now. And no, it's not going to hurt me more than it hurts you. You earned this.'"
-- Tucker Carlson, at October rally

"Nobody's ever probably seen anything like this, you can almost say, since the Second World War."
-- Trump, on damage from LA fires

"Murderers don't even go to jail in this country."
-- Trump, on why he pardoned and commuted the sentences of J6 rioters convicted of violent acts and sedition

"In this country, our case proves that you could be put in prison for anything. [The J6 committee] needs to be imprisoned. We need to find and put them behind bars for what they did. They need to pay..."
-- pardoned Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio

"I went through four years of hell by this scum that we had to deal with...I spent millions of dollars on legal fees and I won, but I did it the hard way. It's really hard to say that they shouldn't have to go through it also."
-- Trump, on retribution

"What the president said and VP-elect JD Vance said is that peaceful protesters should be pardoned, but violent criminals should not."
-- Speaker Mike Johnson, Sunday

"We're looking at the future, not the past."
-- Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Monday, after Trump issued sweeping J6 pardons and commutations

"I think the gift is that it's all behind us now and we can stop talking about it."
-- Sen. Kevin Kramer

"Thank you President Trump!!! Now I am gonna buy some motha f*ckin guns!!!"
-- QAnon Shaman, after being pardoned

"We're gonna take DOGE to Mars!"
-- Elon Musk

"They rigged the election."
-- Trump, on 2020, yesterday

"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