STATEMENT: Guilty verdict holds Trump accountable for election interference

[NEW ACTION] Stand up and protect Dreamers Problems viewing this email? [View it in your browser]( [Center for American Progress]( InProgress from the Center for American Progress To make sure you never miss an email from us, please add progress@americanprogress.org to your contacts or safe senders list. Thanks for staying connected with us! STATEMENT: Guilty verdict holds Trump accountable for election interference Yesterday, May 30, a jury convicted former President Donald Trump of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. In response, [Patrick Gaspard]( president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: This prosecution was about so much more than a hush money payment or falsified records. It was about former President Trump’s repeated efforts to interfere in our free and fair elections. The jury saw through Trump’s effort to hoodwink voters. It’s a disturbing example of criminal behavior in which Trump will do anything for power, whether it’s paying people off to prevent voters from learning about his scandals or inciting an insurrection on January 6. Trump is a dangerous threat to democracy and this verdict shows how accountability can and must happen if our democracy is to survive. The rule of law triumphed here. Now, the legal system must move swiftly to pursue justice in the other cases against Trump. No one is above the law, not even a former president. [STAtement from May 30, 2024]( Standing up for American workers and our clean energy economy [A technician at an electric vehicle recycling plant in Covington, Georgia, places electric vehicle batteries on a conveyer belt, March 2023. ]( Photo credit: Getty Images In response to China’s unfair and anticompetitive trade practices, the Biden administration has increased tariffs on $18 billion worth of imports. Though this latest policy has drawn both strong praise and sharp critiques, this move is only one part of the administration’s approach to protecting and building up American workers and businesses. [Overreliance on Chinese goods]( has made critical supply chains vulnerable to disruption and has hollowed out American manufacturing, the middle class, and communities. The United States must build more resilient and diversified supply chains that strengthen America’s long-term industrial competitiveness and deliver high-quality union jobs and opportunities for workers across the country. Aside from its strategic tariffs to ensure that American workers play a leading role in the production of the technologies that will define the future, the Biden administration has also taken many other worker-centric steps to make that a reality. Through initiatives such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), enormous investments have been made to rebuild America’s manufacturing base and place the country at the forefront of the transition to clean, green technologies. The administration's strategic-tariffs-plus-investment approach has helped create more than 800,000 manufacturing jobs across industries and has laid a foundation for American competitiveness for generations. [Keep Reading]( NEW ACTION: Protect Dreamers today Since 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has served as a beacon of hope for more than [835,000 undocumented immigrants]( who call the United States home. DACA has empowered them to live without fear of deportation, to work with dignity, and to pursue their dreams while making significant contributions to their local economies and the broader U.S. economy. 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