Democrats on Trump Indictment: ‘No One Is Above the Law’

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference alongside Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) about the Senate Democrats expanded majority for the next 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Dec. 7, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Democrats reacted with relief and caution to news of the indictment of Donald J. Trump by a Manhattan grand jury on March 30, most expressing simple thanks that the idea that “no one is above the law” was applied even in the case of a former president.

“Donald Trump is subject to the same laws as every American. He will be able to avail himself of the legal system and a jury, not politics, to determine his fate according to the facts and the law,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote on Twitter.