Biden says Trump 'should' have opportunity to appeal conviction, grins and ignores questions

President Biden said Friday after former President Donald Trump was found guilty in his New York criminal trial "he'll be given the opportunity, as he should, to appeal that decision, just like everyone else has that opportunity."

Biden added that it was "reckless, it's dangerous, it's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict."

A jury on Thursday convicted Trump on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

"The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. It was a state case, not a federal case. And it was heard by a jury of 12 citizens, 12 Americans, 12 people like you, like millions of Americans who've served on juries," Biden said at the White House. "This jury is chosen the same way every jury in America is chosen. It was the process that Donald Trump's attorney was part of."