Trump fends off ‘convicted felon’ label at first presidential debate

Published June 27, 2024 11:33pm ET



Former President Donald Trump attempted to blunt President Joe Biden invoking the former president’s conviction in New York as the two sparred in their Thursday presidential debate.

Trump, who last month became the first former president to be convicted of a felony in his hush money trial, was also the first candidate to reference the four legal cases against him as he fights to win a second term in the Oval Office. Despite the Biden campaign using that conviction to campaign against his opponent in recent weeks, Biden waited until around 45 minutes into the debate to call him a “convicted felon.”

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