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- President Joe Biden's campaign broke his silence on Thursday about Trump's Manhattan trial verdict.
- Biden and his campaign had been mostly mum about Trump's historic trial.
- The verdict marks a major moment ahead of a brutal fall campaign season.
President Joe Biden on Thursday was mostly muted in responding to the historic news that his predecessor is now the first American president to be convicted of a felony.
The White House offered a perfunctory statement to reporters but otherwise avoided the sweeping presidential statement that some had hoped Biden would issue once the verdict in former President Donald Trump's Manhattan criminal trial was in.