's indictment in the days since he became the first current or former U.S. president to face criminal charges.and senior aides has become glaring as more attention is focused on Trump's historic arrest and its implications for the 2024 presidential election.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a press briefing at the White House on April 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. Jean-Pierre declined to comment on former President Trump’s arraignment and said the Biden administration if focused on the American people.The charges stem from Trump's role in making hush money payments to a porn star during the 2016 election to cover up an alleged affair.
In response to other questions, Jean-Pierre also said she hadn't spoken to Biden about Trump's case, and declined to comment on the possibility that his arrest would set a new precedent for other presidents, including Biden, to face criminal charges in the future. "It makes sense to me that Biden and his press secretary would not want to get into the middle of this," Gerhardt said.