Legendary actor Robert De Niro blasted Donald Trump as a “loser” and a “clown” on Tuesday as he stood just feet away from a Manhattan courtroom where the former president was hearing closing arguments in his criminal trial .
“He doesn’t belong in my city,” De Niro, a native New Yorker, said of Trump during a news conference hosted by President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign outside Manhattan Supreme Court.
“We New Yorkers once tolerated him when he was just another filthy real estate hustler masquerading as a big shot. A twosome who broke into the tabloids and pretended to be a spokesman — his own spokesman,” De Niro said. .
The “Taxi Driver” and “The Godfather Part II” movie star described Trump as a threat to the United States and said he incited violence and destruction during the deadly mob riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
De Niro said he decided to lend his talents to the Biden-Harris campaign ad “because it showed Trump’s violence.”
“But this was a cowardly act of violence,” De Niro said. “Do you think Trump himself punched, or punched, this guy who ran into the White House bunker when there were protesters outside? No way.”
De Niro was joined at the Jan. 6 event by former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who was among the thousands of law enforcement officers who fought to protect the Capitol from pro-Trump mobs One of the personnel.
On Tuesday, Trump supporters, including his two adult children, were quick to delay a press conference by the Biden campaign outside the trial as evidence that the case itself was politically motivated.
Donald Trump Jr. told reporters at the courthouse that the campaign’s actions “tell exactly what we’ve known all along: this is a witch hunt.”
Earlier, Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller accused Biden in the same press area of hiring a “has-been actor” to campaign for him in a Hail Mary attempt to reverse Trump’s slim lead in 2024 election polls. Advantage.
De Niro’s event marked the Biden campaign’s first appearance outside Trump’s trial, which began more than five weeks ago.
As the criminal trial winds down, the president’s reelection campaign is planning to step up its attacks on Trump. nbc news report Friday.
The shift comes ahead of a presidential debate between Trump and Biden scheduled for June 27, the first of two planned debates. While the presidential race remains very close nationally, Trump leads in polls in several key states increasingly worrying Biden’s Democratic allies.
Trump is accused of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush payment he made to porn star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 presidential election.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg claimed the records were forged to cover up illegal violations of election laws.
Defense attorney Todd Branch declared in closing arguments Tuesday that “President Trump is innocent.”
“He did not commit any crime and the district attorney failed to meet his burden of proof,” Branch said.
Blanche’s argument lasted nearly three hours. He was followed by Prague prosecutor Joshua Steinglass, who said his final arguments could last more than four hours.
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