The president talked about his emotional decision to leave the race and his plans to campaign for the Harris-Walz ticket in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
In hisĀ first sit-down interviewĀ since dropping his 2024 campaign, PresidentĀ Joe BidenĀ told CBS News reporterĀ Robert CostaĀ that heĀ bowed outĀ because he feared being a distraction in the Democratsā efforts to defeat Republican nomineeĀ Donald Trump. Their discussion, which aired on CBS Sunday Morning, touched on thatĀ infamous presidential debate, Bidenās plans for the rest of his campaign, and what another Trump presidency could look like.
āAlthough itās a great honor being president, I think I have an obligation to the country,ā Biden said. āThe most important thing,ā he continued, is āwe must, we must, we must defeat Trump.ā
There hasnāt been a Federal trial yet. Itās not that the charges ādidnāt stick.ā They havenāt been heard yet.
Oh Iām fully aware of the situation but I donāt think that changes anything I said. Do you think heāll do prison time or be forced to dissolve any of his businesses as restitution for any of his crimes? If not then all weāre really debating is the degree to which rich and powerful people are treated differently than the rest of us.
I donāt know. Another one of his attorneys turned to testify against him in the election fraud case. The documents case could absolutely lead to jail time if Smith can push for another judge. Cannon canāt postpone indefinitely without repercussions.
As for payments, if he loses his appeal in NY, heās on the hook for half a billion.
Theoretically, sure, I just donāt see any of that happening. Thatās not all that different from the situation four years ago and at minimum that speed difference is a big part of what Iām referring to. Someone who stole $5000 would have started serving their sentence three and a half years ago but weāre still talking about maybe getting everything to line up to possibly take action against Trump if things go our way. Thatās bullshit even if he does go to prison and as weāve already established I donāt think thatās going to happen.
Saudi Arabiaās already given Trump $2 billion via his son-in-law (and thatās likely just the public part of what theyāve given him). Heās not going to give a shit about a few hundred million dollars judgement, even if it doesnāt die in the appeals process.
Are you talking about the fairly recent news about Jenna Ellis? Unless Iām mistaken, sheās cooperating with a different set of fake electors cases thatās based out of Arizona.
Even as someone who follows this stuff fairly regularly, itās impossible to keep track of all of Trumpās criminal casesā¦ and thatās just the stuff we know about that prosecutors have picked up.
If he loses the election and if the Supreme Court stays out of it, Iād agree.
He also has sentencing scheduled in September for his felony convictions, though I donāt have a clue what that will be or what appeal timeline and whatnot looks like.
Itās frustrating to see all of this move so slowly. I know these things take time, but it feels like there was no urgency in 2021 when he left office to deal with the election interference and numerous, publicly known, criminal acts.