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U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Trump on
Friday, accusing him of risking some of the country's most
sensitive security secrets after leaving office in 2021.
"No one is above the law – including Donald Trump. This
indictment must now play out through the legal process, without
any outside political or ideological interference," Schumer and
Jeffries said in a joint statement.
"We encourage Mr. Trump's supporters and critics alike to let
this case proceed peacefully in court," their joint statement
added.
President Joe Biden said on Friday he had not spoken to Attorney
General Merrick Garland and had no plans to do so, as the
Justice Department's indictment of Republican Trump was
unsealed.
Biden and the top congressional Democrats, Schumer and Jeffries,
did not take direct aims at Trump on Friday over the indictment
related to the former president's handling of classified
documents.
Trump faces 37 criminal counts including charges of unauthorized
retention of classified documents and conspiracy to obstruct
justice after he left the White House in 2021, according to
federal court documents made public on Friday.
Republicans have alleged, without evidence, that the
investigation into Trump, who is running to unseat Biden from
the White House in 2024, is politically motivated. Biden and top
officials have repeatedly said the Justice Department is acting
independently.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Jasper
Ward and Alistair Bell)
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