President Joe Biden is planning to make a public statement when a verdict is reached in the business records trial of former President Donald Trump, which could be as early as this week, according to a report.
The president plans to make the statement in a “White House setting” and not a campaign one to show that his statement “isn’t political,” four sources anonymouslyBiden’s team is reportedly preparing options for a conviction or an acquittal/hung jury. If Trump is convicted, Biden will reportedly argue it shows Trump is ill-suited for office “with discussions underway about referring to the ex-president online as ‘Convicted Felon Donald Trump,'” according to the report.
“The whole Sham is a disgusting Political Witch Hunt by Crooked Joe Biden’s White House,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday.report said if Trump is convicted, Biden will use it for political purposes, likely discussing “a guilty verdict at times on the campaign trail.” However, the Biden team reportedly does not think a conviction will “meaningfully change the trajectory of the campaign” — a view backed by polls that show Americans are not following the trial closely, and that it would not significantly change support for Trump.that if Trump is convicted, six percent of Trump voters would be less likely to vote for him while 24 percent said they would be more likely to vote for him.
Embarrassing details of Hunter Biden’s life related to those charges could be aired in court. Hunter Biden’s defense team asked the court on Friday toThat evidence would include child support proceedings related to the child whom he fathered out of wedlock with ex-stripper Lunden Roberts, and also documents concerning his discharge from the Navy.