While Trump’s recent conviction was expected to dominate the first presidential debate of 2024, it only came up briefly.
, Trump’s conviction only came up for the first time more than 45 minutes into the over 90-minute debate moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash—and it was only mentioned during one less than five-minute segment.“The only person in this stage is a convicted felon is the man I’m looking at right now,” Biden said during a back and forth about the Jan.
In an immediate follow-up question, Tapper asked Trump to clarify what he meant when he said publicly after his conviction that he would “When he talks about a convicted felon, his son is a convicted felon at a very high level. His son is convicted, going to be convicted probably numerous other times, should have been convicted before,” Trump said.
“This man is a criminal. This man, you’re lucky,” Trump added about Biden. “We have a system that was rigged and disgusting. I did nothing wrong.”Biden shot back: “The idea that I did anything wrong relative to what you’re talking about is outrageous,” pointing to Trump’s many past and pending legal troubles, including beingfor sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. “Think of all the civil penalties you have.
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