The President of the United States, Joe Biden, speaks about the sentence against Donald Trump
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has warned the former President of the United States and Republican candidate for this November’s elections, Donald Trump, that “no one is above the law” and considers it “reckless and dangerous” that this suggests that the sentence against Trump himself is manipulated. “It is reckless, dangerous and irresponsible for anyone to say that it was manipulated, just because he doesn’t like the verdict,” he said from the White House.
The criminal trial against Trump determines his guilt
A day after Trump’s criminal trial in New York found him guilty of all 34 charges he faced for falsifying business records to silence a relationship he had with porn star Stormy Daniels, Biden spoke out on the matter. The Democratic president has maintained that Trump has the opportunity to appeal the verdict, “like anyone else”: “That’s how the American judicial system works,” he said.
Trump’s words and his position on the trial
Just after hearing this verdict, the former Republican president considered himself a “political prisoner” and this Friday at a press conference in New York he dedicated much of his words to discussing the legality of the trial. Furthermore, he announced that he will appeal, alleging, among other points, that the judge prevented Juan Merchan from speaking on numerous occasions. “Our justice system is almost 250 years old and is literally the cornerstone of the United States. The justice system has to be respected and we must never allow anyone to overthrow it. That is America, that is who we are and that is what we are. which we always will be, God willing,” Biden added.
Biden highlights jury impartiality and respect for the judicial system
The president stressed that the jury achieved a unanimous verdict, it was made up of 12 ordinary American citizens and their choice was the same as that followed “with all juries in the United States.” The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. Donald Trump had every opportunity to defend himself. It was a state case, not a federal case,” he stressed about his foreseeable rival in the presidential elections next November.
Biden does not know if the sentence will benefit Trump in the elections
In a statement after receiving the Kansas City Chiefs, winners of the last Superbowl, at the White House, he stated that he had “no idea” whether the guilty verdict could benefit Trump in these elections. Likewise, he distanced himself from the former president’s criticism that he is pulling the strings to benefit from the situation: “I didn’t know I was so powerful,” Biden, who has said he is not afraid of seeing himself in the dock at the end of his sentence, jokingly said. mandate, stressing that he has done “nothing wrong” and that the system still works.