President Joe Biden delivers the Memorial Day Address at the 156th National Memorial Day Observance in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2024. The Biden administration was mum Tuesday about the president’s reported plans to weigh in from the White House on whatever verdict is handed down in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.
The idea among Mr. Biden’s advisers is to make it appear that, by delivering a statement from the White House, Mr. Biden’s commentary on the trial isn’t political and would draw a contrast with Mr. Trump, who has been stuck in a New York courtroom four days a week since mid-April. The ramped-up attack from the Biden campaign came as prosecutors and defense lawyers for Mr. Trump delivered their closing arguments in the history-making case. Judge Juan Merchan is expected to give his instructions to the jury on Wednesday.