Earlier today, Donald Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan courthouse.

Trump was charged with 34 felonies related to hush money he is said to have paid adult actress Stormy Daniels in 2016.

He was also fingerprinted.

This indictment was issued by a grand jury composed of everyday Americans who looked at the facts and made their own determination.

Trump, of course, will be afforded the same rights and protections as other criminal defendants. He deserves his day in court and must be presumed innocent until proven guilty (despite his own history of denying others that presumption).

And it may well take a good while for this case to work its way through the legal system.

Here’s the thing:

A core tenet of our democracy is that no one is above the law. Not even — perhaps especially — a twice-impeached former president who is seeking another term in office.

And New York is not the only jurisdiction in which Donald Trump is suspected of committing serious crimes.

With this case underway in New York, we await action by law enforcement officials in other jurisdictions to hold Trump accountable for any crimes he committed in relation to the 2020 election and his hoarding of classified documents.

A message for U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith, and Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis:

Donald Trump appears to have broken Georgia and federal law. You should, of course, take whatever remaining time you need to conclude your thorough investigations. But if and when the time is right, we are counting on you to formally charge the former president. Donald Trump must be held accountable for any crimes he committed in relation to the 2020 election and his hoarding of classified documents. No one is above the law.

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