Ranking Member Joe Morelle Issues Statement Following Supreme Court’s Decision on Trump v. United States

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), top Democrat of the Committee on House Administration, released this statement after the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in Trump v. United States: 

“With no basis in precedent, with no understanding of our origins in history, and with no fidelity to the Constitution, the extremists on the Supreme Court have decided that former President Trump is above the law. 

“We saw in real time how, at Donald Trump’s direction, the former president’s armed supporters violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, to stop the peaceful transfer of power. The former president must be held accountable for his decisions, and I urge the lower court to expeditiously consider the questions referred to it. 

“Today’s decision by the conservative majority further erodes the public’s confidence in our institutions and poses as great a threat to our democracy as the behavior of the former president and his enablers.” 

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