President Joe Biden on Friday morning steered away from weighing in on his predecessor’s indictment, declining to answer questions from reporters about that growth earlier than touring to a Mississippi city that was hit by a twister final week.
“I’m not going to talk about the Trump indictment,” Biden stated.
A Manhattan grand jury voted Thursday to indict Trump, marking the primary time in historical past {that a} former U.S. president will face prison costs. With the indictment but to be unsealed, the specifics aren’t clear, however the Manhattan district lawyer has alleged that the forty fifth president broke the regulation for his position in a hush-money fee to an adult-film actress.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre provided feedback concerning the Trump indictment that had been much like Biden’s.
“So you heard from the president just earlier this morning on the South Lawn before taking off for this trip to Mississippi,” she informed reporters aboard Air Force One. “Look, we’re just not going to comment on any ongoing case, and I’ll just leave it there.”
Biden gave a speech Friday afternoon in Rolling Fork, Miss., asserting that the federal authorities will cowl 100% of the fee of Mississippi’s emergency measures for a 30-day interval. He additionally stated the Federal Emergency Management Agency will open disaster-recovery facilities in 4 counties.
“I just want you to know, as you fight through this, you’re not alone. The American people will be with you. They’ll help you through it, and so will I,” he stated in his speech.
Powerful tornadoes tore by elements of the Deep South per week in the past, killing at the very least 23 folks in Mississippi and taking an particularly devastating toll on Rolling Fork.
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