Pahayag ng Karaniwang Dahilan si Pangulong Karen Hobert Flynn

Walang Amerikano ang higit sa batas, kahit ang Pangulo. Ngunit si Pangulong Trump ay walang pakialam sa katotohanang naniniwala siyang siya ay nasa itaas ng batas at ang mga miyembro ng kanyang administrasyon ay patuloy na nagpapalutang ng mga nakakagambalang trial balloon upang masukat kung ano ang magiging reaksyon ng publiko kung si Trump ay sibakin si Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Sa liwanag ng mga malalim na nakakabagabag na aksyon na ito, ang Senado ay dapat na kumilos nang mabilis upang maipasa ang dalawang partidong batas nito upang protektahan ang pagsisiyasat ng panghihimasok ng Russia sa halalan noong 2016 ng Espesyal na Tagapayo.

Common Cause commends Senators Booker, Coons, Graham and Tillis for their efforts to put country over party with this legislation.

The new bill combining two earlier bipartisan efforts to protect the Special Counsel’s investigation from interference has been taken up with a new and sorely needed urgency. Despite Twitter protestations from the President, the investigation has already resulted in numerous guilty pleas and indictments against members of the Trump campaign, the Trump administration, as well as a slew of foreign nationals. 

Passage of the new Senate bill could well help to stave off a constitutional crisis in which the President abuses his power and obstructs justice by firing the Special Counsel whose investigation has already garnered guilty pleas from the President’s inner circle. It is vitally important that the Senate move quickly on this new legislation to protect the rule of law in our nation and safeguard our democracy.