Biden slams Trump and his allies for calling the hush money verdict 'rigged'
In his first remarks since a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records, President Joe Biden took a thinly veiled swipe at the former president's attacks on the justice system.
In his first remarks since a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records, President Joe Biden took a thinly veiled swipe at the former president's attacks on the justice system.
"It’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don’t like the verdict," Biden said, speaking to reporters at the White House.
The president's comments came hours after Trump blamed him for his legal woes in remarks to the press and supporters, saying: “This is all done by Biden and his people. This is done by Washington. No one has ever seen anything like this.”
Slamming both prosecutors and the judge overseeing the case, Trump said: “This is a scam, this is a rigged trial. It shouldn’t have been in that venue. We shouldn’t have had that judge.”
Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House on Friday.Evan Vucci / APIn his remarks on the verdict Friday, Biden said, "The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed," and commended the 12 jurors in the cases for carefully deliberating and reaching a unanimous verdict.
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