Pelosi Statement on Manafort Guilty Verdict and Cohen Guilty Plea

"Today's guilty verdicts against President Trump's campaign Chairman, Paul Manafort, and the guilty plea of Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, are further evidence of the rampant corruption and criminality at the heart of Trump's inner circle.  Cohen's admission of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in hush money ‘at the direction of the candidate' to influence the 2016 election shows the President's claims of ignorance to be far from accurate, and places him in even greater legal jeopardy.

"These convictions are further proof that the Special Counsel's team and prosecutors in New York are conducting thorough and professional investigations, which must be permitted to continue free from interference.  Congressional Republicans' determination to cover up for the President and his criminal cronies betrays their oath of office and undermines their duty to the American people.  House Republicans must abandon their complicity with President Trump and affirm that no one is above the law.

"The Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans' unprecedented culture of corruption, cronyism and incompetence is characteristic of the dysfunctional political system in Washington.  Democrats are committed to fighting For The People to restore dignity to our democracy and give power back to the people."