* Donald Trump: “If I run and I win, we will treat those people from Jan. 6 fairly. … And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons.” The otherwise unpardonable Roger Stone would approve.
* “My staff and I will not be influenced or intimidated by anyone as this investigation moves forward.” –Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who’s investigating whether Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential victory. Willis has requested security help from the FBI.
* “The mob takes the 5th. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”–Pre-presidential Donald Trump.
* “What are Republicans for? Fair question. But before the Republican Party can redefine itself, it must first divorce itself from Trump—and for many, that thought remains distressing.”–Gary Abernathy, former publisher of the Trump-supporting Hillsboro (OH) Times-Gazette.
* “It’s time for every Republican leader to pick a side: Trump or the Constitution. There is no middle in defending our nation anymore.”–Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinsinger, a member of the Jan. 6 House Committee.
* “Just as Barry Goldwater’s defeat in 1964 precipitated Ronald Reagan’s victory in 1980, Patrick Buchanan’s presidential campaigns in 1992, 96 and 2000, laid the groundwork for Trump’s presidency. His three candidacies exposed fissures on the right and showed Trump that there was an untapped market for nativism, protectionism and isolationism.”–Conservative writer Windsor Mann, an adviser to the Lincoln Project.