May 27, 2024, published at 12:00 PM ET
President Joe Biden is expected to comment on the verdict Donald Trump‘s criminal hush money trial once the jury has made a decision, RadarOnline.com has learned.
In a surprising development that will come as closing arguments in Trump’s criminal trial scheduled to start On Tuesday, sources close to the White House revealed that Biden was preparing to acknowledge the embattled ex-president’s legal fate.
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According to PoliticsBiden’s statement will be made in a “White House setting” and not on the current president’s campaign trail.
“This is an important moment, and the president must first and foremost emphasize that the American system works, even and especially in an election year,” the source said. told Politico regarding the issue.
“And in a measured way,” the insider continued, “it also becomes part of his argument against Trump: Do Americans really want this?”
Another insider confirmed rumors that President Biden was preparing for Trump’s upcoming criminal hush-money verdict.
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While Biden was not expected to “run to the briefing room” to discuss the case, he was expected to address the fact that a former US president was tried on criminal charges for the first time in the country’s history .
‘I do not think so [Biden] gotta run to the briefing room to talk about this,’ Jennifer Palmeria former communications director for the president Barack Obamaexplained.
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She continued: “But at some point he would have to deliver the verdict by saying that a jury of Donald Trump’s colleagues convicted him of a crime, and that would do extraordinary damage to the standing of the United States and to its credibility of our democratic constitutional state. system for someone Americans found guilty of a crime to then be elected president.
Democratic House Representative. Don Beijer from Virginia also chimed in on the issue. Congressman Beyer noted that it was not “important” to “rub in” Trump’s judgment if the ex-president were found guilty.
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“I don’t think it’s important to rub it in,” House Rep. Beyer said. “I don’t think anyone on our side should react cheerfully.”
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“It should simply be a tragedy that an American president has been convicted of real crimes,” he added.
Congressman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts agreed.
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“At some point people have to get realistic and say, ‘Do you really want this guy in the Oval Office?’ the Democratic lawmaker said.
“Do you really want him to represent the people of this country?” House Rep. McGovern added.