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Trump on Thursday was booked at an Atlanta jail on more than a
dozen felony charges as part of a criminal case arising from the
former U.S. president's attempts to overturn his 2020 election
defeat in the state of Georgia.
"We're not going to focus on Donald Trump's legal problems,"
Biden campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond told ABC's "This Week
With George Stephanopoulos" program.
Trump, who spent about 20 minutes at the Fulton County jail
where his mug shot was taken, repeated his assertion that the
prosecution - along with the others he faces - is politically
motivated.
"What has taken place here is a travesty of justice," he told
reporters. "I did nothing wrong, and everybody knows it."
In most opinion polls, Trump holds a nearly 40-point lead
against his rivals for the Republican nomination to challenge
Biden, the Democrat who defeated him in 2020.
Biden has so far remained mum as Trump has been charged with 91
felony counts in four indictments this year related to paying
hush money to a porn star, unlawfully keeping classified
documents and attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
(Reporting By Arshad Mohammed in Saint Paul, Minn.; editing by
Grant McCool)
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