乔·拜登总统将对重罪定罪关于唐纳德·特朗普消息人士称,在他的竞选团队庆祝有罪判决之际,他可能比过去更有力地评论了他的政治对手的刑事案件。
拜登的直接回应将标志着总统的急剧逆转——他和他的竞选团队只是稍微激怒了特朗普。
最近几周,总统间接拿特朗普在纽约的审判开玩笑,称他在辩论挑战中听说特朗普“周三有空”。(审判在星期三不开庭。)
一位消息人士告诉ABC新闻,拜登和他的团队正在集思广益,在有罪判决后,总统应该对特朗普采取多大力度。
一位消息人士称,尽管拜登在未来几天和几周内采取了不同的姿态,但他不会完全改变向选民传递的整体信息,因为他的竞选团队敏锐地意识到特朗普一直认为针对他的案件是出于政治动机。
不过,尽管总统不想庆祝,但一位消息人士告诉ABC新闻,周四下午宣读判决时,特拉华州威尔明顿的拜登竞选总部爆发了欢呼声。消息传出后,拜登在X网站(原名Twitter)上发起了筹款呼吁。
然而,美国广播公司新闻获悉,拜登将继续提出他的论点,即特朗普是对民主的威胁,不适合任职-他的竞选团队在对有罪判决的回应中重申了这一信息。
拜登竞选团队通讯主任迈克尔·泰勒在一份声明中说:“唐纳德·特朗普一直错误地认为,他永远不会为自己的个人利益而违法的后果。“但今天的判决并没有改变美国人民面临一个简单现实的事实。让唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)远离椭圆形办公室的方法只有一个:投票箱。无论是否被判重罪,特朗普都将成为共和党总统候选人。”
“特朗普对我们的民主构成的威胁从未像现在这样大,”泰勒继续说道,随后补充道,“特朗普的第二个任期意味着混乱,剥夺美国人的自由并煽动政治暴力——美国人民将在今年11月拒绝这一威胁。"
白宫对特朗普的判决仅发表了一份简短声明。“我们尊重法治,”白宫法律顾问办公室发言人伊恩·萨姆斯(Ian Sams)说,并补充说,“无可奉告。”
With Trump conviction, Biden to comment on legal troubles more forcefully: Sources
President Joe Biden will respond to thefelony convictionofDonald Trump, possibly more forcefully than he has commented on his political rival's criminal cases in the past, as his campaign celebrates the guilty verdict, sources said.
A direct response from Biden would mark a sharp reversal for the president who -- along with his campaign -- has only slightly needled Trump.
In recent weeks, the president has indirectly joked about Trump's New York trial, saying in his debate challenge he heard Trump was "free on Wednesdays." (The trial was not in session on Wednesdays.)
A source told ABC News that Biden and his team are brainstorming just how much more forcefully the president should take on Trump following the guilty verdict.
Despite taking a different posture in the coming days and weeks, Biden will not completely alter his overall messaging to voters, a source said, as his campaign is keenly aware that Trump has argued cases against him are politically motivated.
But while the president does not want to celebrate, a source told ABC News cheers broke out at Biden campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, as the verdict was read Thursday afternoon. And Biden fired off a fundraising appeal on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, following the news.
Biden will, however, continue to make his argument that Trump is a threat to democracy and unfit to serve, ABC News has learned -- a message his campaign reiterated in its response to the guilty verdict.
"Donald Trump has always mistakenly believed he would never face consequences for breaking the law for his own personal gain," Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement. "But today's verdict does not change the fact that the American people face a simple reality. There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box. Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president."
"The threat Trump poses to our democracy has never been greater," Tyler continued, later adding, "A second Trump term means chaos, ripping away Americans' freedoms and fomenting political violence – and the American people will reject it this November."
The White House put out only a brief statement on the Trump verdict. "We respect the rule of law," Ian Sams, the White House counsel’s office spokesperson, said, adding, "no additional comment.”