President Biden has not yet acknowledged the possible criminal indictment of former President Trump. Here's why:
Drew Angerer / Getty Images fileWASHINGTON — So far this week, President Joe Biden has announced new steps to conserve land and water. He met with the cast of “Ted Lasso” to discuss mental health and released a 500-page report on the economy.
A go-to move for campaigns on any level is to amplify rivals’ troubles — a temptation to talk endlessly about the legal problems plaguing Trump. But Biden needs to be reticent given his position, legal experts cautioned. He appointed Merrick Garland, the attorney general who will ultimately decide whether to prosecute Trump in a separate federal investigation stemming from his handling of classified documents and his efforts to reverse the 2020 election results.
What's more, by speaking out Biden risks feeding Trump’s narrative that the investigations are a backhanded attempt to undermine his presidential bid, Democrats say. Before the indictment, Trump sent out fundraising emails making that argument.“It would be smart for Democrats to let this unfold and not politicize it too much,” said Lis Smith, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign.
Normally, when candidates get indicted it's a safe assumption that they'll have tougher routes to victory. Some political pundits have argued that Trump — who has repeatedly seemed deft at defying political gravity — could be the exception. But several Biden allies said they don’t expect that Biden would enjoy a political windfall beyond an uptick in small-dollar donations.
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