President Joe Biden on Friday declined to comment on the indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump in the case of the payment of a bribe to pornographic film actress Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Daniels.
»I have no comment on that,» he said, after being asked several times about the imputation of the former president as he was leaving the White House to go to the state of Minnesota. I’m not going to talk about Trump’s indictment,» he added, at the insistence of reporters.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris also avoided commenting during an official visit to Zambia: »I am not going to comment on an open criminal case related to the former president».
The case against Trump stems from the scandal over the possible secret payment of $ 130,000 (more than 120,000 euros) to Stormy Daniels by the former lawyer of former President Michael Cohen. Trump has thus become the first former US president to be indicted, which could end his aspirations to return to the White House in the elections scheduled for 2024 in the North American country.
Trump has published a statement after his indictment in which he denounced »political persecution and electoral interference». »This has never been done before in the history of our nation,» he has reproached, while accusing »the Democrats of the radical left» of »a witch hunt to destroy the ‘Make America Great Again» movement» and has stressed that he is »a completely innocent person».
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
