Trump’s ‘hypocrisy’ in debate slammed as he says Biden ‘could be a convicted felon’ when out of office

ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Former President Donald Trump threatened his successor, Joe Biden, could face a felony conviction soon after exiting the White House. This indicates Trump is likely to go after his political rival if he succeeds in winning the 2024 election this November.

In a heated first presidential debate hosted by CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, June 27, the 45th president said the incumbent "could be a convicted felon as soon as he gets out of office".

The warning came after President Biden called Trump a "convicted felon" in light of his guilty verdict in May in the New York hush-money trial.

However, the real estate mogul defended himself, bringing up first son Hunter Biden's recent guilty verdict in the federal gun charges in Delaware for illegally purchasing a firearm in 2018 by lying about his drug addiction.

Donald Trump threatens Joe Biden could face conviction after leaving White House

"When he talks about a convicted felon, his son is a convicted felon at a very high level," Trump said about Hunter Biden.

"His son is convicted, going to be convicted probably numerous other times, should have been convicted before. But his Justice Department let the statute of limitations lapse on the most important things," Trump said.

Taking aim at President Biden, Trump warned he could face charges as soon as he was out of office.

"But he could be a convicted felon as soon as he gets out of office – Joe could be a convicted felon with all of the things that he's done. He's done horrible things," Trump cautioned.

"All of the deaths caused at the border, telling the Ukrainian people that we're going to want $1 billion, you could change the prosecutor, otherwise you're not getting $1 billion."

The MAGA spearhead's threat on the debate stage stemmed from remarks President Biden made while he was the vice president under Barack Obama's administration. The octogenarian had previously admitted that he successfully compelled Ukraine to dismiss prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was then investigating Burisma Holdings, where Hunter was a board member, as per Fox News.

The then-vice president succeeded in pressuring Ukraine by leveraging the threat of withholding $1 billion in US aid unless the prosecutor was fired.

"If I ever said that, that's quid pro quo, that we're not going to do anything. We're not going to give you $1 billion unless you change your prosecutor having to do with his son," Trump said during the debate before labeling President Biden "a criminal".

Trump said about his own legal battles, "I did nothing wrong. We have a system that was rigged and disgusting. I did nothing wrong."

Besides the hush money conviction, the former president faces three other indictments over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 elections in Georgia and Washington DC and a classified document case in Florida.

Internet blasts Donald Trump for threatening Joe Biden

Outraged at Trump's warning to President Biden about a looming conviction after his White House term, netizens pointed out that the former president "keeps losing in court".

"The hypocrisy of trump is just staggering," a user said.

"The felon calling the president a criminal," another remarked.

"Depend on Trump to take things down to the lowest level. Always," added a third user.

"He's literally been convicted of felonies and has a few dozen more his cronies across the government are keeping him from seeing justice on as well but aight," read a fourth response.

"The Narcissist, Cry-Baby, Entilted, Liar...Just really can't take accountability! deflect! Deflect!! DEFLECT!!! JEEEZ!!!" another outraged person wrote.

"Didn’t Trump accuse Hillary and Obama of the same and yet here we are. Who has been convicted in NY for hundreds of millions in fine and 34 count Felony verdict?" someone else said.

"It wasn't Trump that was found guilty. It was Biden. Says the man who keeps losing in court," an individual noted.

"That was an explicit threat that, when he gets in again, he will jail his opponents for crimes that never happened," another user chimed in.

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