Robert De Niro slams ‘clown’ Trump during first Biden counter event at New York trial

Published May 28, 2024 12:09pm ET



The Biden campaign denounced former President Donald Trump as a threat to democracy during their first press conference held outside the courthouse where Trump’s hush money trial case is wrapping up.

Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro joined the campaign in Manhattan along with Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone, former police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, where he blasted Trump as a “clown” and claimed Trump would be a danger to the nation if he is reelected.

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