Former president Donald Trump and his aide Walter Nauta face a number of federal charges, among them obstruction of justice. CERL’s Prof. Claire Finkelstein told ABC News the federal government treats obstruction allegations seriously, particularly when it comes to reinforcing that no one is above the law.

Claire Finkelstein is the Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. She is founder and faculty director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), a non-partisan interdisciplinary institute affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC). She is a distinguished research fellow at APPC and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). Her current research addresses national security law and policy, democratic governance, and professional ethics. Read her bio here.