President Joe Biden dismissed Donald Trump’s claims that the hush money trial in New York was politically motivated and orchestrated by the White House.
“I didn’t know it was that powerful,” Biden joked when asked about it.
The president also said he wasn’t worried about one day ending up in court like Trump.
‘You are welcome. I did not do anything wrong. The system still works,” she stated.
Republicans have been trying to link Biden to his son Hunter’s businesses, claiming they were working together to enrich the family. Biden has repeatedly said that he was not involved in his son’s work.
The president, who took questions from Fox News’ Peter Doocy as he left an event celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory, also said he had “no idea” whether the conviction would help Trump in the elections. elections.
President Joe Biden dismissed Donald Trump’s claims that the hush money trial in New York was politically motivated and orchestrated by the White House.
A new DailyMail.com poll following the conviction shows Trump had gained six points in his race against Biden.
‘The other thing is that a survey came out. The first survey. Maybe others are bad. But the survey just came out a while ago (by) the Daily Mail. Does anyone read the Daily Mail? They have a good survey. I like it today,” Trump said at his news conference on Friday.
‘The Daily Mail just published a poll showing Trump gaining six points in the last 12 hours. Six points since this happened. “Who thought this could happen?” Trump said to applause from his supporters gathered at Trump Tower.
‘Because the people of our country know that it is a hoax. They know it’s a hoax. They understand it. “They are really intelligent and that is really extraordinary.”
Earlier Friday, Biden called Trump “reckless” and “irresponsible” in his first comments in response to the former president’s historic guilty verdict.
He later smiled, though he did not respond when asked about Trump’s claims that his Democratic opponent is turning him into a “political prisoner.”
Biden returned to Washington from Rehoboth Beach on Friday to meet with the Belgian prime minister and welcome the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House.
On Friday morning, the White House announced that the president would address the situation in the Middle East, but Biden began his remarks by first addressing Trump’s verdict, saying he wanted to discuss “what happened yesterday in New York City.”
“The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed,” Biden said.
Biden smiled, though he did not respond when asked about Trump’s claims that his Democratic opponent is turning him into a “political prisoner.”
“Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself, it was a state case, not a federal one, and it was heard by a jury of 12 citizens, 12 Americans, 12 people like you,” the president continued.
Biden noted that like “millions” of other jurors, “this jury was chosen the same way as all juries in America.”
“There was a trial that Donald Trump’s lawyer was a part of, the jury heard five weeks of evidence – five weeks – and after careful deliberation the jury reached a unanimous verdict,” Biden said.
“They found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts,” the president said.
The Democrat said Trump would also be given the opportunity to appeal “like everyone else.”
“This is how the American justice system works,” Biden said.
“And it is reckless, dangerous, irresponsible for anyone to say that this was rigged, just because they don’t like the verdict,” the president added.
Former President Donald Trump complained about the injustice of the Trump Tower hush money case early Friday.
Biden noted that the justice system has endured for nearly 250 years and must be “respected.”
“And we should never let anyone bring it down, it’s as simple as that,” the president said.
“That’s America, that’s what we are, that’s what we will always be,” Biden said, adding a “God willing” at the end.
Trump has insisted that the 34 felony charges are the result of a politically motivated prosecution to interfere in the 2024 election, where he will once again face Biden on the ballot.
Most of the Republican Party has sided with Trump, complaining about the injustice of the case.