Donald Trump actually said...

"We had some corrupt agents, and those people are gone or they will be gone, and it will be done quickly and very surgically."

"Well, we haven't discussed that much. I'll tell him to go here, go there. He does it. He's got a very capable group of people. Very, very capable. They know what they're doing."

"I intend to fire some of the FBI personnel who worked on Capitol riot cases."

"As a deal maker, I'd like to do ... the deal that can't be made. And do it for humanity's sake."