In an interview on Fox News' "The Faulkner Focus," former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany claimed that everyone in the Trump administration expected the anti-election protest in January to be peaceful — and that people felt "shock" and "disbelief" at the violent invasion of the Capitol.

"I think, at the beginning of the day before everyone went to the rally, everyone was expecting peace," she said. "We had been to hundreds of rallies, I've probably been to hundreds of rallies at this point, certainly many dozens, and they were nothing but peaceful events, and we expected that day to be the same. And then, as those events transpired, it was disbelief, shock, somber, sad, horrified by the violence. It was a very hard, difficult day at the White House."

One of the Trump Organization's top executives is the focus of prosecutors in New York City investigating the former president.

"State prosecutors in Manhattan who are investigating former President Donald J. Trump and his family business are sharpening their focus on the company's long-serving chief financial officer, asking witnesses questions about his dealings at the company, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The increased focus on the executive, Allen H. Weisselberg, could step up pressure on him to cooperate with the investigation if the prosecutors unearth evidence of wrongdoing on his part. He has served as the Trump Organization's financial gatekeeper for more than two decades and could be a vital source of information for the government about the inner workings of the company," The New York Times reported Monday.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) joked about the revolutionary zeal at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Monday.

Despite being the GOP standard bearer in the 2012 election, less than a decade later Romney was not welcome at the event after voting to convict Donald Trump of inciting the fatal January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.