WASHINGTON, CMC – Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke says, “No one is above the law,” as former United States President Donald J. Trump is due to appear in court on Thursday after being indicted for the third time.
Trump was indicted for his widespread and brave efforts to cling to power after Joe Biden defeated him in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.
Special Counsel Jack Smith filed the indictment in U.S. Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., accusing the former president of three conspiracies – defrauding the United States; obstructing an official government proceeding; and depriving nationals of their civil right, the right to have their votes counted.
Smith also charged Trump with obstructing or attempting to obstruct an official proceeding.
“A year ago, the bipartisan Select Committee on January 6th began an 18-month probe into what occurred following the 2020 election, and on and around January 6th.
Although Mr. Trump asserted the committee found no proof of his misconduct, the indictment makes clear that the bipartisan House select committee created a roadmap to justice for our institutions responsible for upholding the rule of law,” said Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants.
“No one is above the law – including Donald Trump,” she told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), adding, “For the sake of our democracy, I will hold faith that this indictment will play out through the legal process, without interference.
“No matter your political affiliation or ideology, I implore all Americans to take stock in the significance of today’s indictment and let this case proceed peacefully in court,” said Clarke, the representative for the predominantly Caribbean 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York.
In June, Trump was arraigned in a U.S. Federal District Court in Miami on charges of putting national security secrets at risk and obstructing investigators.
At the time, Clarke also insisted that “no one is above the law.”
One of Trump’s two new lawyers entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of his client. The former president, who did not speak at his arraignment, was charged with 37 criminal counts, including seven violations of federal law.
Federal prosecutors have also charged Trump and his aide, Walt Nauta, with “conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding government documents, corruptly concealing records, concealing a document in a federal investigation, and scheming to conceal their efforts.”
The Fulton County prosecutor in Georgia is also investigating Trump’s attempt to reverse his election defeat in that state in 2020.
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