Biden on Trump verdict, 'No one above the law'

President Joe Biden said Friday that political rival Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial reaffirmed “the American principle that no one is above the law.”

Biden upended Trump's 2020 reelection bid and the two are expected to face each other in November in a rematch. 

Trump is the 2024 GOP presidential nominee. He was convicted Thursday by a New York jury on 34 counts of falsifying business records during his 2016 presidential campaign to conceal an alleged sexual encounter with porn star Stormy Davis. 

Speaking from the White House, Biden said the jury consisted of regular Americans who heard evidence and returned a unanimous verdict, according to CNN.  

“Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself,” Biden also said. “A state case, not a federal case, was heard by a jury of 12 citizens. Twelve Americans. Twelve people like you, like millions of Americans who served on juries.”