Kremlin: Trump verdict shows his rivals are using all means to get rid of him
Former US President Donald Trump's unprecedented trial for falsifying business records shows the White House is "eliminating" its political rivals, the Kremlin said Friday. "The fact that a de-facto elimination of political rivals by all possible legal and illegal means is going on there is obvious," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
- World
- Reuters
- Published Date: 02:34 | 31 May 2024
- Modified Date: 02:34 | 31 May 2024
The Kremlin said on Friday that Donald Trump's guilty verdict showed that all legal and illegal means were being used in the United States to get rid of political rivals.
Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.
"If we speak about Trump, the fact that there is simply the elimination, in effect, of political rivals by all possible means, legal and illegal, is obvious", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a news briefing.
Trump, 77, will be sentenced on July 11.
U.S. President Joe Biden's campaign said that the verdict proves that "no one is above the law", but will do little to change the dynamics of the Nov. 5 election.
- NATO chief seeks 'at least' 40 bn euros a year in Ukraine aid
- Erdoğan, Libyan PM Dbeibeh discuss bilateral ties and latest developments during Ankara meeting
- Biden says 'dangerous' for Trump to claim verdict rigged
- Biden: Israel has offered a comprehensive new proposal to end Gaza war
- Türkiye does not want NATO to 'take part' in Ukraine war: FM Fidan