Democrats reacted with relief and caution to news of the indictment of Donald J. Trump by a Manhattan grand jury on March 30, most expressing simple thanks that the idea that “no one is above the law” was applied even in the case of a former president.
“Donald Trump is subject to the same laws as every American. He will be able to avail himself of the legal system and a jury, not politics, to determine his fate according to the facts and the law,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote on Twitter.
House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) intoned a common refrain in Democrat responses: “Fundamental to the strength and survival of democracy is the principle that no one is above the law—including a former President of the United States.”…