Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference, the day after a guilty verdict in his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Trump Tower in New York City on May 31, 2024.
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“Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself,” Biden said. “A state case, not a federal case, was heard by a jury of 12 citizens, 12 Americans, 12 people like you, like millions of Americans who served on juries.”
“This jury was chosen the same way every jury in America has been chosen,” the president said. “Five weeks after careful deliberation, the jury reached a unanimous verdict.”
Biden noted that Trump will have the chance to appeal his conviction after he is sentenced July 11.
But the Democrat said “it’s reckless, it’s dangerous” for Trump to argue that the criminal case was politically motivated and that the outcome was “rigged” by the trial judge and others.
“Our justice system has endured for nearly 250 years,” Biden said. “And it literally is a cornerstone of America, our justice system … justice should be respected.”
“And we should never allow anyone to tear it down. As simple as that. That’s America. That’s who we are.
That’s who we’ll always be, God willing.”
