1. United States
2. Utah
3. Letter

I am writing to demand that you take immediate action to hold Donald Trump accountable for his criminal conduct, particularly his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and his illegal retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Former special counsel Jack Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee that his investigation revealed Donald Trump is the person who caused January 6, that it was foreseeable to him, and that he sought to exploit the violence. Smith's team followed the facts and the law to an indictment of an unprecedented criminal scheme to block the peaceful transfer of power. The evidence showed Trump was looking for ways to stay in power rather than seeking honest answers about election fraud, and he rejected information that conflicted with his goal of remaining in power. Smith also detailed how Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago Social Club and repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents. Highly sensitive national security information was withheld in a ballroom and a bathroom. Both cases were dropped only because of the Justice Department's policy barring prosecution of a sitting president, not because of any lack of evidence. Smith emphasized that his investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump engaged in criminal activity, and stated he would prosecute based on the same facts regardless of whether the president was a Democrat or a Republican. Some of the most powerful witnesses were Republicans who had voted for and campaigned for Trump, including state officials, campaign workers, and advisors. Trump's mass pardons of January 6 defendants who assaulted police officers represent a direct assault on the rule of law. I urge you to support legislative measures that would prevent future presidents from pardoning individuals involved in attacks on our democratic institutions and to pursue all available constitutional remedies to hold Trump accountable for his crimes. No one should be above the law in this country.