Joe Biden breaks cover after first day of Hunter’s trial to rip Trump as a ‘convicted felon’ who ‘doesn’t deserve to be president’ at glitzy fundraiser
President Joe Biden broke cover after son’s first day Hunter Biden‘s trial by fire to raise money for his re-election bid at a glitzy house in Greenwich, Connecticut.
After spending a day in Wilmington, Delaware With nothing planned, the president addressed high-dollar donors at the former president’s home Monday evening HBO boss Richard Plepler.
He warned of the “uncharted territory” the campaign was entering after the former president Donald Trump became a felon – and raised a whopping $141 million in May.
“This man does not deserve to be president, whether I run or not,” the 81-year-old presumptive Democratic nominee said.
Biden noted that “for the first time in American history, a former president who is a convicted felon is now seeking the office of president.”
President Joe Biden arrived in White Plains, New York, on Monday evening to lead a fundraiser in Greenwich, Connecticut, after spending the day in Wilmington, Delaware, while his son Hunter attended the first day of his federal gun trial.
Hunte Biden (left) holds the hand of his wife Melissa Cohen (right) as he arrived Monday at Federal District Court in Wilmington, Delaware, where he is on trial for lying about his sobriety while buying a gun
“But as disturbing as that is, what is more damaging is Donald Trump’s all-out attack on the American justice system,” the president said.
Trump has called the trial “rigged” and characterized himself as a “political prisoner.”
Biden pushed back, noting that Trump will have the right to appeal.
“It’s reckless and dangerous for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the outcome,” the president said.
He also continued to insist that Trump would be more damaging in a second term, using the line of attack that the ex-president “got it” and became “unhinged” after losing the 2020 race to the Democrat.
“It’s literally driving him crazy,” Biden said.
The fundraiser was held at the home of Plepler, who worked under Democratic Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd – a friend of the president – during the early years of his career.
Former President Donald Trump will attend a UFC fight on Saturday after being convicted of 34 felonies in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case. On Monday, Trump’s campaign announced that he had raised a whopping $141 million in May
Dodd attended the fundraiser Monday night along with other Democratic lawmakers from Connecticut, Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, Governor Ned Lamont and Representative Jim Himes.
Biden was at his Rehoboth Beach home when Trump was convicted Thursday on all 34 counts of falsifying company records related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
He briefly returned to the White House Friday and addressed the sentencing before delivering remarks about the Middle East.
“The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed,” Biden said.
“And it’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for someone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict,” the president added.
Him then welcomed the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House before heading back to Rehoboth Beach to spend the weekend.
The president and first lady flew to Wilmington on Sunday evening – a day ahead of schedule.
First lady Jill Biden (center) walks into the courthouse on Monday with an aide (left) and Naomi Biden’s husband Peter Neal (right), as the president remained seated at the couple’s home in Wilmington, Delaware
First daughter Ashley Biden was photographed outside the courthouse to show support for her brother Hunter, along with her mother, first lady Dr. Jill Biden and Peter Neal, Naomi Biden’s husband
Biden remained at the couple’s lakeside home in Wilmington when Dr. Jill Biden appeared in court to support Hunter during Monday’s jury selection process for his federal gun trial.
Daughter Ashley Biden and grandson Peter Neal also appeared at the courthouse to show their support.
Aboard Air Force One Monday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would not say how Biden spent his day at home in Wilmington, other than calling Mexico’s newly elected president.
She declined to say whether Biden was monitoring Hunter’s trial.
‘I appreciate the question. And I know it’s going to be asked a million different ways, but I just don’t have anything to share. “The only thing I have to share with all of you is what we shared this morning: the President’s statement,” Jean-Pierre said.
The White House has been released a statement of support for Hunter from the president earlier Monday.
She also refused to bite when asked about the president’s “emotional state” on day number 1 of Hunter’s trial.
