Biden slams Trump for Capitol riot in 2024 campaign speech

In his first campaign speech of 2024, President Joe Biden cast his likely election opponent, Donald Trump, as a fundamental threat to American democracy.

"Whether democracy is still America's sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time," Mr Biden said.

"It's what the 2024 election is all about," he added.

The speech saw Mr Biden returning to a theme he has invoked over and over in recent years.

This time, he explicitly drew a line to the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol to make his case.

That day, Mr Trump's supporters violently stormed Congress to stop lawmakers from certifying the presidential election results for Mr Biden, just weeks before he was set to take office.