Combination image shows former US President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization’s civil fraud trial, at the New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US, May 6 November 2023 and US President Joe Biden participates in a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, March 1, 2024.
Reuters
The Biden The campaign wasted no time criticizing the former President Donald Trump and put out a call for campaign donations, a few minutes later Guilty during Trump’s hush money trial in New York.
“In New York today, we see that no one is above the law,” Biden campaign Spokesman Michael Tyler said in a statement Thursday night. “There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box.”
“A second Trump term means chaos, stripping Americans of their freedoms and inciting political violence – and the American people will reject that this November,” Tyler added.
The Biden campaign repeated that statement above social media with a link to the incumbent Democrat’s donation page.
In contrast, White House Counsel’s Office spokesman Ian Sams remained relatively tight-lipped, saying: “We respect the rule of law and have no further comment.”
Trump on Thursday became the first former president to be convicted of a felony after a 12-person jury found him guilty of all 34 charges of falsifying business records in his hush money trial mouth in New York.
The Biden campaign’s response marks a shift in attack by the president’s re-election team, and breaks President Joe Biden’s weeks-long silence as the hush money trial takes place. and the possibility of acquittal still exists.
The campaign’s attacks amplified a barrage of Democratic criticism from lawmakers across Capitol Hill.
Congressman John C. Adam SchiffD-Ca., said in a post on X.
After the verdict, Trump denounced the trial as “rigged” and a “witch hunt” that he falsely claimed was ordered by President Joe Biden.
