President Joe Biden slammed former President Donald Trump as a “convicted felon” during Thursday night’s debate.
Biden chose this rhetoric in a rebuttal to a question about the January 6 riot.
“The only convicted felon on this stage is the man I’m looking at right now,” Biden said, referring to Trump’s conviction in a business records trial in heavily Democratic New York.
Trump, who was under a blanket gag order during the trial, It was just changed on Tuesday He also noted that Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is a convicted felon, and suggested Biden himself could one day be convicted.
Trump made the remarks in response to a question from CNN host Jake Tapper asking, “Can you explain exactly what you mean when you say you feel perfectly entitled to attack your political opponents?”
“My retaliation will be successful, but when you talk about convicted felons, his son is a very high level felon,” Trump said. “His son has been convicted and will likely be convicted many times in the future.”
The lawsuit further argued that Hunter Biden “should have been convicted earlier” but that the Biden Justice Department “allowed the statute of limitations to lapse on the most important matters.”
Trump later said Biden “can be convicted as soon as he leaves office.”
Trump also maintained his innocence, declaring, “I have done nothing wrong.”
The 45th president has repeatedly denounced the corporate records lawsuit brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as “election interference,” saying in May that “it’s all coming from Washington.”
“It all comes from Washington. They have representatives. [representiaves] “As you all know, we don’t have anyone like that here,” he told reporters at the courthouse on May 10.
The verdict is scheduled for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention.
