Former President Donald J. Trump, responding to a query about his repeated vow to prosecute his political enemies if elected, made the identical suggestion once more — saying that President Biden may very well be charged and convicted of crimes after he leaves workplace.
Mr. Biden then hammered Mr. Trump on his felony convictions in New York, his different ongoing criminal cases and the civil circumstances which have resulted in extreme monetary penalties in opposition to him.
“Joe may very well be a convicted felon with the entire issues that he’s completed,” Mr. Trump stated, referring to his insurance policies on the border and in Ukraine. Later, he added: “This man is a felony. This man — you’re fortunate. You’re fortunate. I did nothing flawed. We’d have a system that was rigged and disgusting. I did nothing flawed.”
Mr. Biden, visibly angered by Mr. Trump’s claims, denounced the previous president’s vows of revenge and highlighted Mr. Trump’s many authorized troubles.
“The crimes you might be nonetheless charged with — and consider all of the civil penalties you may have,” Mr. Biden stated. “What number of billions of {dollars} do you owe in civil penalties for molesting a girl in public, for doing an entire vary of issues, of getting intercourse with a porn star on the night time whereas your spouse was pregnant? What are you speaking about? You will have the morals of an alley cat.”
Mr. Trump additionally sought to defend his and his supporters’ actions through the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, saying that the Biden administration had “destroyed the lives of so many individuals” who have been convicted in reference to the assault. He once more prompt that members of the Home committee that investigated it “ought to go to jail.”
He additionally raised the current felony conviction of Mr. Biden’s son Hunter.
“When he talks a few convicted felon,” Mr. Trump stated, “his son was a convicted felon at a really excessive degree.”
