WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news:

Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued the following statement on the unanimously guilty verdict issued in the Trump hush money trial.

"Despite the relentless efforts by the former occupant of the White House to undermine and delegitimize these fair and measured legal proceedings, today's unanimously guilty verdict is an important step toward accountability.