Questioning Trump guilty verdicts is dangerous and irresponsible: Biden

President Joe Biden said Friday that the fact that Donald Trump has been found guilty in the hush money case in New York reaffirms “the American principle that no one is above the law,” and assured that “It is reckless” and “dangerous” for his predecessor to say that the legal system is rigged against him.

“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,” Biden told reporters at the White House. a day after a jury in New York found Trump guilty of 34 felonies in a case stemming from the 2016 election.

He added that Trump’s “jury was chosen the same way all juries in the United States are chosen,” noting that jurors heard evidence for five weeks and reached “a unanimous verdict: They found Donald Trump guilty.” of the 34 felony charges.”

Biden said Trump could appeal the case “just like everyone has that opportunity,” and later noted: “It’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don’t like the verdict.”

“Our justice system has endured for nearly 250 years, and it is literally the cornerstone of America,” Biden declared. “The judicial system must be respected. And we should never allow anyone to tear it down.”

As Biden left the stand after his statements, a journalist asked him if he had anything to say about the fact that Trump called himself a political prisoner and directly blamed Biden for what is happening to him. The president stopped and smiled, but did not answer the question.

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He also did not answer when another journalist asked him if he thought Trump should appear on the November ballot.

Nothing that happened changed the defiant tone of Trump, who continues to seek to mobilize his supporters ahead of the November elections. Moments after Biden spoke, Trump sent a fundraising email in which he declared: “I was just found guilty in a rigged trial. “I am a political prisoner!”