“Oh no. No, no, no. He’s scared to death of his wife. Scared. To. Death.”
— Former House Speaker John Boehner, a smoker, on whether he believes President Barack Obama sneaked cigarettes while trying to quit smoking
“If those allegations are true, you’ve got to wonder how those individuals made it through the birth canal, because it was bone-deep stupid. But I don’t know what they have to do with President Trump’s campaign.”
— Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on Monday’s indictments connected to special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation of alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia
“I don’t think anybody in their right mind in the White House would think about replacing Mr. Mueller.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on delaying action on bipartisan bills intended to protect special counsel Robert Mueller if President Donald Trump tries to dismiss him
“He told police, ‘I put her in the bathtub and hacked her up.’ He severed her body parts with the handsaw that was found in the duffel bag that contained the severed legs.”
— Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Maria McCarthy, on Brian Peck, of Elgin, charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of concealment of a homicidal death, for allegedly murdering and dismembering his mother and disposing of her remains along Chicago’s lakefront
