the former President of United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He`s done so because he values power over principle. Because he sees his own interest is more important than his country`s…

COVID, as we're dealing with it now, is not here to stay.

the Capitol attack a year ago was a dagger at the throat of democracy.

No, I don't think COVID is here to stay that having COVID in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay, but COVID, as we're dealing with it now is not here to stay.

We saw with our own eyes rioters menace these halls, threatening the life of the speaker of the House, literally erecting gallows to hang the vice president of the United States of America.

The violent assault that took place here... reflects the fragility of democracy. Yet, the resolve I saw in our elected leaders... reflects its strength.

We must pass the voting rights bills that are now before the Senate, and the American people must also do something more.

The Bible tells us that we shall know the truth and the truth shall make us free. We shall know the truth. Well, here is the God`s truth about January 6, 2021.

The strength of democracy is the rule of law. The strength of democracy is the principle that everyone should be treated equally, that elections should be free and fair.

They want you to see Election Day as the day of insurrection and the riots that took place there on January 6, as a true expression of the will of people. Can you think of a more twisted way to look at this country, to look at America? I…

For the first time in our history, a president had not just lost an election, he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

Former president`s supporters are trying to rewrite history.

I did not seek this fight brought to this Capitol one year ago today but I will not shrink from it either. I will stand in this breach. I will defend this nation, not allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy.

The former president of the United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He`s done so because he values power over principle, because he sees his own interests as more important than his country`s…

Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm? Or are we going to be a nation where we allow partisan election officials to overturn the legally expressed will of the people. Are we going to be a nation that lives…

To me, the true patriots were the more than 150 (sic) Americans who peacefully expressed their vote at the ballot box, the election workers who protected the integrity of the vote, and the heroes who defended this Capitol. You can't love…

I think, Ari, that it highlights how difficult the challenge the Justice Department faces is. These are large numbers of defendants who have to be assessed and processed.

What was at stake then, and now, is the right to have our future decided the way the Constitution prescribes it: by we, the people—all the people.