“For the last few hours, we've sat in this hearing, and some of my colleagues, part of the Cover-Up Caucus, have attempted to peddle conspiracy theories that the investigation into the Trump campaign's potential criminality, where we were attacked by a hostile foreign power, is a witch hunt….It's a p…”— Hakeem Jeffries, realclearpolitics.com
“At some point, Trump will be beaten. What does that mean for the rest of us? And there will definitely be people who try to lord it over, saying, ‘See, we were right all along.’ ...Then there will be some special leaders who work to try to bring us together, to say, ‘I understand why you supported h…”— Seth Moulton, mcclatchydc.com
“I think Trump is going to be harder to beat than people think….Because he has an extremely energized base. Because every decision he makes is politically calculated to ensure his own survival and success...Republicans [are] by and large complicit. You have a guy who never does the right thing for th…”— Seth Moulton, mcclatchydc.com
“I'm the guy who stops the leak. I’m the guy who protects the president and the family. I'm the guy who would take a bullet for the president.”— Michael Cohen, bustle.com
“I don’t like the term witch hunt. As an American, I repudiate Russia's or any other foreign government's attempt to interfere or meddle in our democratic process, and I would call on all Americans to do the same.”— Michael Cohen, bustle.com
“You write a story that has Mr. Trump's name in it, with the word rape, and I'm going to mess your life up … for as long as you're on this frickin' planet … you're going to have judgments against you, so much money, you'll never know how to get out from underneath it.”— Michael Cohen, businessinsider.com
“Though there's many literal senses to the word, if you distort it, and you put Mr. Trump's name there onto it, rest assured, you will suffer the consequences. So you do whatever you want. You want to ruin your life at the age of 20? You do that, and I'll be happy to serve it right up to you.”— Michael Cohen, businessinsider.com
“One man who wants to do so much good with so many detractors against him needs support.”— Michael Cohen, bustle.com
“At times I wish I were there in D.C. more, sitting with him in the Oval Office like we used to at Trump Tower, to protect him. I feel guilty that he's in there right now almost alone.”— Michael Cohen, bustle.com
““I gave loyalty to someone who, truthfully, does not deserve loyalty....It’s never good to be on the wrong side of the president of the United States of America, but somehow or another this task has now fallen onto my shoulders and as I also stated … I will spend the rest of my life in order to fix…”— Michael Cohen, people.com
“The same way that you'd protect a sibling is the same way that I'd protect the children. The same way that I'd protect your parents is the same way that I'd protect the president and Melania.”— Michael Cohen, bustle.com
“Today is the day that I am getting my freedom back. I have been living in a personal and mental incarceration ever since the day that I accepted the offer to work for a real-estate mogul whose business acumen that I deeply admired.”— Michael Cohen, businessinsider.com
“Time and time again, I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds.”— Michael Cohen, washingtonpost.com
“I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we're in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still don't have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know, Cohen said. So I'm warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what I'm going t…”— Michael Cohen, businessinsider.com
“He knows the truth. I know the truth. Others know the truth. And here is the truth: People of the United States of America, people of the world, don’t believe what he is saying. The man doesn’t tell the truth. And it is sad that I should take responsibility for his dirty deeds.”— Michael Cohen, people.com
“Recently, the president tweeted a statement calling me weak, and it was correct, but for a much different reason than he was implying.”— Michael Cohen, businessinsider.com
“Look at what radicalized Roof, at least in his own telling. Propaganda from white supremacist groups like the Council of Conservative Citizens; forums for white nationalists and anti-Semites; a narrative that told him he was oppressed, a 'victim' of diversity in a nation overrun by 'black crime.'”— Jamelle Bouie, slate.com