Biden won't say anything about the charges against Trump.

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden did not say anything on Friday about how his predecessor, Donald Trump, became the first former US leader to be charged with a crime the day before.

Biden, who was leaving the White House to go to Mississippi for the day, didn't answer a few questions about the issue from reporters who were there to watch him leave.

The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat who was elected, confirmed on Thursday that it had contacted Trump's lawyers to "coordinate his surrender." At that time, the felony charges against him would be made public.

Trump, who is expected to be the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 election, called the indictment "political persecution and election interference" and went off on prosecutors and his Democratic opponents.

He also said that it would backfire on Biden, who is planning to run for president again.

The effect of an indictment on Trump's chances of being elected is hard to predict, because both his critics and his opponents are worried about how well the New York hush-money case stands up in court.

People who don't like Trump worry that if he is cleared, it will be easier to call any future charges against him a "witch hunt," even if they are for things that could be seen as more serious, like when he tried to change the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

The Manhattan charges will probably also make Trump's supporters more likely to vote, which will help him win the party primary.

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