This blitz is intended to sharpen the distinction between the two candidates, especially as the highly-anticipated first debate between Biden and Trump approaches in Atlanta on June 27, AP reports.
President Joe Biden’s campaign is seizing on Donald Trump’s recent felony conviction by pouring a staggering $50 million into an ad campaign spanning the next few weeks until the end of June.
President Biden's reelection campaign is shifting its strategy to focus on Donald Trump's controversial policy proposals and his legal issues, aiming to mobilize disenchanted Democrats and independent voters.
The campaign is launching a significant ad campaign, totaling $50 million, which includes a spotlight on Trump's felony conviction.
This move marks a new approach, as Biden's team had previously avoided emphasizing Trump's legal troubles. The campaign is allocating over $1 million to target Black, Hispanic, and Asian American voters, and a specific ad highlighting Trump's 34 felony counts in the New York hush money case will air on general market television, connected TV, streaming devices, and cell phones in battleground states, as well as on national cable.
Former President Donald Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records last month and is set to be sentenced on July 11.
According to Martin Horn, a former commissioner for the New York City Department of Correction and Probation, it is unusual for probation interviews to be conducted virtually, indicating that Trump may receive special treatment in his sentencing.
"It is highly unusual for a pre-sentence investigation interview to be done over Zoom," he stated. However, Horn acknowledged that Trump's physical presence in the Manhattan courthouse would significantly disrupt court proceedings due to the necessary security measures and media attention.
A Manhattan Court had set the sentencing hearing for July 11 in Trump’s ‘hush money’ case after the former president was found guilty by the jury on multiple counts.
The 34 counts against Trump stemmed from 11 invoices, 12 vouchers and 11 checks that make up Trump’s monthly reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen who fronted the $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The 12-person jury considered whether Trump was guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records, which were all connected to the alleged cover-up of hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The former president pleaded not guilty to the charges in the case and denied the affair with Daniels.
At the heart of this case is a payment made days before Trump was elected president in 2016.
His attorney at the time, Michael Cohen, paid $130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair. Trump has denied the allegation.