Steve Witkoff

“aligned and united”— NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte describing the positions of the US, Ukraine and Europe in the US-mediated peace talks.

We have not received a single peace initiative or a single concrete peace proposal from the European countries, so it is unclear what we should discuss.

— Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said this after the talks in Abu Dhabi, rejecting European countries’ participation in future negotiations.

There was no 'swap' necessary for this release.

— In a Truth Social post, President Donald J. Trump said Hubbard was released without a swap.

But that must be done without political concessions on our part.

— Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, ahead of talks with Vladimir Putin (according to Russian media).

declining a salary and formal title does not change the reality of Kushner’s role — he exercises significant executive authority and has done so continuously throughout most of President Trump’s second term. And it certainly does not free him from the constitutional constraints of the Appointments Clause or the obligation to file public financial disclosures under the Ethics Act.

— From the CREW filing in the lawsuit (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington).