Pascrell Comments on Historic Reported Criminal Indictment of Donald Trump

Pascrell was first member of Congress to call for Trump’s prosecution in federal court

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today issued the following statement in reaction to published reports that a  New York County, New York grand jury has voted to criminally indict Donald Trump. Rep. Pascrell was the first member of Congress to demand Trump be prosecuted for his “innumerable crimes against the United States.”

“If published reports are accurate, that a former chief executive will soon be arrested for salacious crimes should disgust all Americans. But Mr. Trump’s impending arrest demonstrates that the rule of law endures in America, and no one is above the law. True rule of law demands that no person – no President, no senator, no congressmember – can stand above the statutes we live by. As we have seen in other countries, a great democracy can and will hold its leaders accountable when those individuals do wrong. A nation that cannot hold its leaders accountable cannot be made great again.

“The rule of law is in question only because Republican leaders have spent years relentlessly attacking it. Even now, using the blunt machinery of Congress, House Republican leaders are seeking to improperly influence our justice system and upend all investigations of Mr. Trump. An independent justice system cannot bend to bad behavior and this is precisely why the criminal indictment of Donald Trump is so important.

“Donald Trump is legally innocent until he is proven guilty. Let him receive a speedy fair trial and let justice be done. God bless America.”

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