
RFK Jr. Condemns Conviction of Trump: ‘Profoundly Undemocratic’
Published on May 31, 2024
President Joe Biden’s campaign applauded the news that a Manhattan jury convicted former President Donald Trump on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, but independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a drastically different response. Mr. Kennedy has faced escalating criticism from President Trump in recent weeks as multiple national polls indicate that the independent presidential candidate is drawing support from conservates and independents, potentially cutting into the former president’s backing. In the immediate aftermath of the May 30 verdict, though, he chastised the legal decision and accused the Democratic Party of attempting to defeat President Trump in the courtroom and not the ballot box....
