EXCERPT:
PELOSI: “It’s heartbreaking for our country to have a president of the United States with this list of charges against him. And I just want to commend the January 6th committee, the House committee, bipartisan committee, Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney and all the members of the committee and the staff for the work that they did. They laid a foundation of facts, about facts and the law, and made a criminal referral to the Justice Department. That was the end of — that was in December at the end of last year, 2022. We didn’t know what we couldn’t know. It wasn’t our role to know what the Justice Department would do, if anything. So when it became clear that there would be criminal charges made, it’s interesting to see how similar they are to some of the charges recommended by the January 6th committee. And I commend, again, the committee. I’m so proud of them, their courage, their bravery, and the courage really of all of those who are making the case now. Of course, the president — the former president is innocent until proven guilty. No one is above the law, and the assault that they are making on the rule of law in our country is really a sad thing, brings — I’m sure it would bring tears to the eyes of our founders.”