WASHINGTON — Actor Robert De Niro called Donald Trump a 'clown' who is bent on destroying American democracy on Tuesday (May 28) outside the New York City courtroom where the Republican presidential candidate's hush money trial is being held.
Actor Robert De Niro speaks during a news conference outside the court where former US President Donald Trump during Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court New York City, US, May 28, 2024.
The remarks are part of the Biden campaign's attempt to use wall-to-wall media coverage of the Trump trial to push their own message: Trump is a danger to democracy.Referring to Trump's successful 2016 run for president, Academy Award winner De Niro said Trump's candidacy was initially laughed off as a joke.
If Trump returns to the White House, he said, Americans could see the civil liberties they take for granted evaporate as well as the end of elections.Fanone and Dunn delivered emotional remarks, saying violence at the Capitol was fueled by Trump's lies that the 2020 election was stolen. The speakers were heckled by a Trump supporter as pro-Trump demonstrators chanted in the background.
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