President Joe Biden declined to comment Friday morning on the charge, according to law enforcement sources, against his predecessor Donald Trump yesterday. Trump will be the first former US president to face criminal charges.
Before leaving for Mississippi on Friday morning, Biden did not answer several questions about it from reporters gathered outside the White House.
Manhattan Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office confirmed he contacted Trump’s lawyers on Thursday to ‘coordinate his extradition’ – with felony charges against him not expected to be resolved until after Trump arrives. ex-president in a Manhattan courthouse.
Trump, who is considered the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 election, called the indictment “political harassment and election interference” by New York prosecutors and his Democratic opponents. He also promised it would backfire on Biden, who is expected to run again in 2024 to stay in the White House for a second term.
The impact of the indictment on Trump’s electoral chances is unpredictable, and critics and detractors have expressed concern about the legal merits of New York’s case to pay hush money to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels.
Some observers fear that if Trump is acquitted, it would be easier for him to call any future charges of possibly more serious cases a ‘witch hunt’, such as Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. . Charges against Trump in Manhattan are also likely to boost turnout among Trump’s supporters, boosting his chances in the party’s primaries.
