Jeff Merkley: “All across America, ordinary men and women know that, if they commit a crime, they will pay the fine. If they commit a…”

“All across America, ordinary men and women know that, if they commit a crime, they will pay the fine. If they commit a crime, they will do the time. They don't have fancy lawyers. They don't have friends in high places. They don't have the FBI redacting their names from documents. They don't have one caucus of the U.S. Senate blocking information from being released. On behalf of every ordinary citizen across America, we are going to continue to press for the powerful and the rich to be accountable. If they, in fact, participated in the abuse of young women and in the rape of young women, we want them to be brought to justice no matter what political party they are from or what bank account they have or what part of the country they live in or what friends they have.”