The Situation Room: Rep. Jason Crow, (D-CO), Is Interviewed About Trump's Indictment

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Well, Wolf, first off nobody has actually seen the indictment. We know that one exists, it hasn't been sealed yet, grand jury proceedings are some of the most secretive, closed proceedings in the criminal justice system. We expect that that indictment might be unsealed next week. That's number one.

Number two, politicians don't indict people. Grand juries indict people. So when we all get those jury notices in the mail, we show up for jury duty, a certain number of us are pulled away to serve on grand juries just like everybody else. So there's nothing special about it. It's the same jury pool, you go when you serve on a grand jury, you listen to the evidence, and then you decide whether or not as a regular person whether or not to pass an indictment based on that evidence.

So, we haven't seen that what that indictment is. So people that are saying as political, in and of themselves are actually being political, because we don't have the evidence either way to know what exactly the allegations of the indictment counts are at this point.

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Well, we certainly are polarized and I don't take this lightly. This isn't anything to celebrate, nor is it anything to vilify. This is our system, we have to allow this process to play out. It is a further example of the fact that no man or woman is above or below the law, a former President Trump is entitled to due process, he's entitled equal protection. He is presumed innocent and has the opportunity to make his case to respond to the allegations into the indictment when we see that, that's the way our process works.

But let's take a step back. You know, those folks who are saying that a former president shouldn't be indicted, let's just actually think about what these people are saying. What they're saying is, if you hold the highest office in the land, that you should be immune from prosecution and indictment.

Can we just imagine how dangerous that would be to our system of democracy if you become president, anybody becomes president, and they're forever immune and just can't be indicted for illegal activity? That is not our system, nor should it be. That alone would set an incredibly dangerous precedent for our nation.

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Now, let's see the facts, let's see the indictment, right? Nobody can actually say that right now because we haven't seen the indictment, we haven't seen the underlying facts. So they're jumping to conclusions, because that's what they want to do. They want to defend President Trump regardless of the facts, regardless of the process. So let's let this process play out.

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