Warren implied that Trump looks the 'other way' when administration officials engage in improper behavior and said with her as president, everyone will be held accountable for their actions.
At an event on Thursday, Senator Elizabeth Warren called President Donald Trump an"elf on the shelf" for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
During a rally in Arlington, Virginia, an attendee asked Warren what she would do as president to ensure everyone was held to the same standards under the law, including Putin's"boy in the White House." The attendee pointed out President Gerald Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon and asked for an assurance that Warren would hold everyone accountable for criminal actions.
"His elf on the shelf," Warren said in reference to Trump before adding,"So the answer is, yes, no one is above the law, everyone is held accountable." The Massachusettes senator claimed it wasn't a matter of political prosecutions or retribution, but was a matter of having an independent Department of Justice that enforces the rule of law. Even if there is a president who is willing to"look the other way," in terms of improper behavior, Warren said administration officials who break the law should know they'll be investigated because"Elizabeth Warren as president will not look the other way.
On Monday, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington recommended Stone, who was found guilty on seven counts, including lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing a House of Representatives investigation, serve seven to nine years in prison. The Justice Department then submitted a second sentencing memorandum encouraging Judge Amy Berman Jackson to sentence Stone to jail time that was"far less" than the initial recommendation.
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