Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Donald Trump fired me because of my fidelity to the rule of law instead of to him. I view it as a badge of honor for standing for the rule of law and the Constitution.
The events of the last year have disturbed me more than at any point in my life. I don’t believe that there has ever been a moment in American history that a single person, the president of the United States, posed a real, grave threat to fundamental values that we all share, like democracy, the rule of law.
— J.P. Cooney, a former federal prosecutor who served as principal deputy to special counsel Jack Smith in two criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump, in comments given to CBS News. He intends to run for a House seat in Virginia, if the state redraws its congressional maps. Cooney has already raised more than $200,000 in his campaign for the proposed seat.
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