Trump found guilty: Biden campaign asserts verdict shows ‘no one is above the law.

President Joe Biden‘s campaign described a New York jury finding former President Trump guilty on all counts in his hush money trial as evidence “no one is above the law.”

“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 told reporters Thursday. “But today’s verdict does not change the fact that the American people face a simple reality.”

“Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president,” Tyler said. “The threat Trump poses to our democracy has never been greater. He is running an increasingly unhinged campaign of revenge and retribution, pledging to be a dictator ‘on day one’ and calling for our Constitution to be ‘terminated’ so he can regain and keep power. A second Trump term means chaos, ripping away Americans’ freedoms and fomenting political violence – and the American people will reject it this November.”

Biden also personally solicited money for his campaign on social media, underscoring that there “only one way to keep” Trump out of the White House.

White House and Biden campaign aides had been mindful about their public comments regarding Trump’s many trials, with his New York hush money case the first to be heard by a judge and jury — and likely the only one that will be decided before November’s election. It is also considered the weakest of all the matters with which he is contending, including two from special counsel Jack Smith over his handling of classified documents and election interference, in addition to a Georgia counterpart on election subversion.

Biden campaign aides made the atypical decision for them earlier this week to hold a press conference outside the Manhattan Criminal Court on 100 Centre St with actor Robert De Niro and Jan. 6 Capitol Police officers Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone.

“I don’t mean to scare you – no, no, wait, maybe I do mean to scare you – if Trump returns to the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted,” De Niro told reporters on Tuesday. “Elections? Forget about it.”

“If he gets in, I can tell you right now, he will never leave,” he said. “This is not a threat. This is a reality. And that’s why I’ve joined the Biden-Harris campaign because the only way to preserve our freedoms and hold on to our humanity is to vote for Joe Biden for President.”

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Trump was charged last April by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg with 34 counts of falsifying business records. It was alleged he falsified the records to cover up payments he made to former porn star Stormy Daniels through his personal lawyer Michael Cohen in exchange for her silence concerning a sexual encounter they had in 2006 before the 2016 election.

Trump’s attorneys have indicated they would appeal any verdict, including on the grounds that he did could not have received a fair trial in liberal New York City.