Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says President Trump “should let the special counsel do his job.” That was Grassley’s comment to reporters in Washington, D.C. soon after the revelation that the man who served as Trump’s campaign chairman for five months was indicted. Grassley has released a written statement after a briefing about the indictment of Paul Manafort. Grassley said: “As always, it’s important to let our legal system run its course.” Grassley did not mention the president’s power to pardon those accused of crimes. Grassley said he and other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will continue their work “to ensure that the Justice Department and F-B-I are functioning free from inappropriate influence.” Grassley added that it is “a dirty little secret” in Washington that the Justice Department has had “lackluster enforcement” of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Grassley said it’s good to see the Justice Department taking that responsibility seriously.

Republican Joni Ernst, Iowa’s other U.S. Senator, has issued a written statement, too. Ernst says “it’s important that we let the Special Counsel and bipartisan congressional investigations continue in earnest.”

(Radio Iowa)