Donald Trump plans to immediately return to work Friday, a day after becoming the first ex-president ever convicted of felony criminal charges — while warning President Biden to “buckle up” now that he can focus on the campaign trail.
The former president, 77, is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. Friday at Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan, where he is expected to again rip what he called a “rigged, disgraceful trial” that ended Thursday with him convicted of 34 felonies over “hush money” payments.
His campaign also had a warning for his 2024 rival.
“Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrats confined President Trump to a courtroom for more than eight hours a day for more than six weeks, and he’s still winning,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to Fox News.
“Now that he is fully back on the campaign trail, Biden and the Democrats better buckle up.”
The campaign rep added that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was still able to generate “billions of dollars” in media coverage throughout the high-profile trial, as well as host rallies and campaign stops, and “increased his lead over crooked Joe Biden in the polls.”