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President Trump could face prosecution after leaving office, former Vice President Joe BidenJoe Biden2020 Dems slam Trump decision on West Bank settlements Trump calls latest impeachment hearings 'a great day for Republicans' Overnight Health Care: GOP senator says drug price action unlikely this year | House panel weighs ban on flavored e-cigs | New York sues Juul MORE said during Wednesday’s debate. Biden said he would not direct his Justice Department “like this president does" if he wins in 2020.“I would let them make an independent judgement,” he said, adding that it is not the role of the president or the “president’s attorney [but] it's the role of the attorney general."ADVERTISEMENT“If that was the judgement, that he violated the law and he should be criminally prosecuted, so be it,” Biden added.It’s not the first time Biden has said he would leave open the possibility of Trump’s prosecution; he … [Read more...] about Biden says Trump could face prosecution after leaving office

Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe Biden2020 Dems slam Trump decision on West Bank settlements Trump calls latest impeachment hearings 'a great day for Republicans' Overnight Health Care: GOP senator says drug price action unlikely this year | House panel weighs ban on flavored e-cigs | New York sues Juul MORE on Friday responded to attacks on him by North Korea saying he will wear insults from the country "as a badge of honor."North Korea's state news agency KCNA had described him earlier Friday as "a rabid dog" that needed to be put down. "It seems that murderous dictator Kim Jong UnKim Jong Un North Korea: We won't 'gift' Trump with summit before concessions Overnight Defense: Ex-Ukraine ambassador offers dramatic day of testimony | Talks of 'crisis' at State Department | Trump tweets criticism of envoy during hearing | Dems warn against 'witness intimidation' | Trump defends his 'freedom of speech' Biden responds to North Korea: 'I wear their insults as a badge of honor' … [Read more...] about Biden responds to North Korea: ‘I wear their insults as a badge of honor’

Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe Biden2020 Dems slam Trump decision on West Bank settlements Trump calls latest impeachment hearings 'a great day for Republicans' Overnight Health Care: GOP senator says drug price action unlikely this year | House panel weighs ban on flavored e-cigs | New York sues Juul MORE's campaign joined the growing pushback from 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to President TrumpDonald John TrumpDem senator says Zelensky was 'feeling the pressure' to probe Bidens 2020 Dems slam Trump decision on West Bank settlements Trump calls latest impeachment hearings 'a great day for Republicans' MORE's Sunday meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un."President Trump's coddling of dictators at the expense of American national security and interests is one of the most dangerous ways he's diminishing us on the world stage and subverting our values as a nation," Biden spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. Bates added that Trump has made … [Read more...] about Biden campaign: Trump coddling dictators at the expense of U.S. national security, interests

Joe Biden began a broadside at the Democrat debate on Wednesday against President Donald Trump’s proclivity for tweeting, before giving up mid-sentence. Biden, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), was asked if it was appropriate for Democrat voters to chant, “lock him up” in reference to Trump. The former vice president claimed that Democrats should not lower themselves to the level of division that Trump and his supporters have gone to since 2016.“I don’t think its a good idea that we model ourselves after Trump and say, ‘lock him up.’ Look, we have to bring this country together. Let’s start talking civilly to people and tweeting — the next president who starts tweeting, anyway,” the former vice president stopped mid-sentence to laughter from the audience. Despite Biden’s lofty rhetoric about being civil, the former vice president has consistently attacked Trump on and off the campaign trail. In August, Biden … [Read more...] about Democrat Debate: Joe Biden Gives Up on Attacking Trump’s Tweets Mid-Sentence

Joe Biden likened President Donald Trump to the Ku Klux Klan on Monday, saying the the incumbent had used “dog whistle[s]” to signal it was acceptable to be racist. The former Vice President made the remarks during a television interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday. Officially the interview was supposed to cover Biden’s response to the wave of mass shootings that occurred over the weekend. Cooper and the former vice president, however, expanded their conversation to include Trump and “white nationalists.”“This is a president who has said things no other president has said since Andrew Jackson,” Biden told Cooper. “Nobody’s said anything like the things he’s saying,” The former vice president claimed Trump’s demeanor and statements since entering the Oval Office have only served to ‘legitimate’ the views of racists, whom Biden asserted were now emboldened to “speak out and … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Compares Trump to KKK: ‘This Is About Separating People’