Aug 27, 2023 - Politics & Policy

Biden campaign says he's "not going to focus" on Trump's legal woes

Rebecca Falconer

President Joe Biden speaks to guests at Ingeteam Inc., an electrical equipment manufacturer, on August 15, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. — President Biden at an event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, earlier this month. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

President Biden has no plans to make former President Trump's criminal indictments a focal point of his 2024 re-election campaign.

Driving the news: That's according to Biden's re-election campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond, who told ABC News Sunday: "The president has said from the beginning that he wanted an independent Justice Department. ... we're not going to focus on Donald Trump's legal problems."

Meanwhile, Trump continued to rail against Biden on Sunday in an online post that again blamed Democrats for the four indictments he faces as he continues to deny any wrongdoing in any of the cases.

Why it matters: Polls have shown that Trump is the 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner despite the state and federal criminal cases he faces.

A poll out earlier this month found Biden and Trump tied at 43% in a hypothetical rematch.
Jimmy Seagull, a Democratic strategist working on congressional races, told Reuters Sunday it's "going to be very tricky and a real tough balancing act" for Biden as Trump faces a collision course between his 2024 presidential campaign and his court cases.

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