"This is a kangaroo court."
-- Trump

"If they put him in jail for his First Amendment right he will be like Nelson Mandela."
-- Trump legal spokesperson Alina Habba

"We are an institute in a powerful death penalty. We will put this on."
-- Trump

"I want to start by wishng my wife, Melania, a very happy birthday. It would be nice to be with her, but I'm at a courthouse for a rigged trial."
-- Trump, yesterday

"The people criticizing me are not the American people. The American people agree with me."
-- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

"Truth Social is my voice, and the real voice of America!!!"
-- Trump

"We have lawsuits in 81 states right now."
-- RNC co-Chair Lara Trump

"Thousands of people were turned away from the Courthouse... It is an armed camp to keep people away. Maggot Hagerman of The Failing New York Times falsely reported that I was disappointed with the crowds. No, I'm disappointed with Maggot, and her lack of writing skill..."
-- Trump post yesterday

"Does this set a precedent for other people who want to run for president? What if they've done something like this in the past and they can say, 'Oh, well, they told me in the eighth grade they want to run for president, so since they paid off a girl when they were 30 years old, then that was election interference.'"
-- Fox host Ainsley Earhardt on charges against Trump

"It's antisemitic to make Israeli aid contingent on funding Ukrainian Nazis."
-- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

"Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was...It was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible and so beautiful in so many ways...Wow. I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to look and to watch. And the statement of Robert E. Lee -- who's no longer in favor, did you ever notice that? No longer in favor -- 'Never fight uphill, me boys. Never fight uphill.' They were fighting uphill. He said, 'Wow, that was a big mistake.'"
-- Trump