On May 31, 2024, US President Biden delivered a speech on the Middle East in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, USA.
Evelyn Hochstein | Reuters
President Joe Biden on Friday called former President Donald Trump’s response to his conviction in New York on criminal hush-money charges “reckless” and “dangerous.”
“It’s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don’t like the verdict,” Biden said at the White House, hours after Trump held a news conference condemning the criminal case.
Trump, 77, was found guilty Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court of 34 felony counts related to concealing hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Biden, who will face Trump in the November election, said his Republican opponent’s conviction reaffirmed “the American principle that no one is above the law.”
“Donald Trump has every opportunity to defend himself,” Biden said. “The jury is made up of 12 citizens, 12 Americans, 12 people like you and the millions of Americans who are on the jury. ”
“This jury is selected the same way every jury in America is selected,” the president said. “After five weeks of careful deliberation, the jury reached a unanimous verdict.”
Biden noted that Trump will have the opportunity to appeal after being sentenced on July 11.
But the Democrat said it was “reckless” and “dangerous” for Trump to claim that the criminal case was politically motivated and that the outcome was “rigged” by the trial judge and others.
“Our justice system has been around for nearly 250 years,” Biden said. “It really is the cornerstone of America, of our justice system… Justice should be respected.”
“We should never allow anyone to tear it down. It’s that simple. This is America. This is who we are.
That’s who God will always want.
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