President Joe Biden was hardly veiled in describing his predecessor during a conversation with Democratic donors in Maine last week . The timing of his comment Friday night coming just as special counsel Jack Smith was nearing an indictment related to Trumps attempts to overturn the election results was noteworthy given how ardently Biden has worked to separate himself from the Justice Departments work . Unlike the cases involving hush money paid to an adult film actress or hoarding classified documents at MaraLago its impossible to separate Biden from the crimes Trump was accused of committing in the indictment returned Tuesday . For Biden Trumps third indictment is undoubtedly the most personal . What began as an attempt to deny Biden the presidency is now headed to federal court . There is little question Biden will now say virtually nothing about the indictment which was made public as the president and his wife were driving to dinner at the white clapboard Matts Fish Camp along the Delaware coast . The White House learned of the indictment through media reports a White House official said as was the case with past indictments . Biden has a long history of publicly criticizing Trump for the events of that day and a long-criticized Trump for publicly criticizing the events that day . In private Biden has been more forceful in his view that Trump should be held responsible for his actions . He told advisers early in his term that his predecessor should be prosecuted for his own actions . The administration has declined to weigh in a relatively rare sign of the indictments. The Whitehouse said the indictment . Biden is not to comment on the indictment. He declined to comment. The campaign did not want to comment about the indictment. The administration said it did not intend to fundraise or to fundraising off the indictment of Trumps indictment . The campaign also declined to
Trump’s third indictment is the most personal — and trickiest — one for Biden .
