{"id":105777,"date":"2024-05-31T18:03:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/biden-reacts-to-trumps-conviction-for-first-time-calls-attacks-on-judicial-system-reckless\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T18:03:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:03:36","slug":"biden-reacts-to-trumps-conviction-for-first-time-calls-attacks-on-judicial-system-reckless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/biden-reacts-to-trumps-conviction-for-first-time-calls-attacks-on-judicial-system-reckless\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden reacts to Trump&#8217;s conviction for first time, calls attacks on judicial system &#8216;reckless&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-05-31\/Getty_053124_BidenRemarks.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(WASHINGTON) &#8212; President Joe Biden reacted to Donald Trump&#8217;s conviction for the first time on Friday, criticizing those calling the trial &#8220;rigged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed,&#8221; Biden said in remarks from the White House. &#8220;Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden went on to emphasize the case as a state issue, not a federal issue, and that Trump has the opportunity to appeal just like any other defendant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s how the American system of justice works, and it&#8217;s reckless, it&#8217;s dangerous, it&#8217;s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don&#8217;t like verdict,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;Our justice system has endured for nearly 250 years, and it literally is a cornerstone of America. Our justice system should be respected. We should never allow anyone to tear it down. As simple as that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) &#8212; President Joe Biden reacted to Donald Trump&#8217;s conviction for the first time on Friday, criticizing those calling the trial &#8220;rigged.&#8221; &#8220;The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed,&#8221; Biden said in remarks from the White House. &#8220;Donald Trump was given every<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/biden-reacts-to-trumps-conviction-for-first-time-calls-attacks-on-judicial-system-reckless\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}