I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this contempt resolution is the latest attempt to tear down our democracy. The Department of Justice has cooperated with congressional Republicans at every turn, but after 92,000 pages of documents, more than a dozen transcribed interviews, and a 250-page transcript that was verified, my colleagues still aren't satisfied. They are doing this in service of one man, the disgraced former President, in a misguided attempt to distract from his crimes. On May 30, a jury of stranger-citizens found Mr. Trump guilty of 34 felony charges. It is beyond disheartening that a former President and now potential Presidential candidate, again, was convicted of coordinating ``an unlawful conspiracy'' to win the 2016 election and falsifying records to cover his tryst with an adult porn star. I am grateful that the rule of law prevailed, yet I am deeply concerned that our democratic institutions are under threat. Some of these attacks come from within. Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has said that a kangaroo court convicted President Trump, and Speaker Johnson called the trial a purely political exercise. Mr. Trump apparently pities himself as a so- called political prisoner. All this is to tear down Americans' faith in the rule of law. Contrary to his complaints, Mr. Trump was tried and treated fairly.…
On the recordJune 12, 2024
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