WASHINGTON — Following the release of the final report of the Special Counsel by the Department of Justice, State Democracy Defenders Action co-founder Norm Eisen released the following statement:
“The fact that we are already familiar with almost all of the facts in the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report on the events of January 6th at the behest of President-elect Trump, makes them no less horrifying.
“The report, which lays out in surgical detail the five chapters of Trump’s effort to subvert the outcome of the 2020 election in order to remain in power, makes clear that had his campaign to delay his day in court failed, he would very likely have been convicted.
“If Donald Trump was the defendant here, the U.S. Supreme Court was the aider and abettor. That execrable immunity decision, utterly unfounded in American law, and the unconscionable half-year plus of US foot-dragging that the Supreme Court engaged in prevented a trial.
“That trial was, after all, set for March 4, 2024. And if the Supreme Court had not gone completely off the rails, that case could have proceeded. Indeed, if the Court had simply moved with the same dispatch as other comparable historical cases when presented with the question in December 2023, we likely still might have had the trial, immunity doctrine and all. The trial could have taken place within its parameters.
“Every American should read every page of this report and be horrified at the absolute lack of accountability made possible by Trump’s allies – including members of the U.S. Supreme Court. It is more important than ever as we are about to enter a new Trump administration where he clearly feels unencumbered by the rule of law.”
State Democracy Defenders Action brings together a nonpartisan team to work with national, state and local allies across the country committed to upholding the rule of law, fighting against autocracy and defending the Constitution.