Biden campaign jumps on Trump verdict by saying 'no one is above the law'.... but has a stark warning for the election

The Biden campaign pounced on former President Donald Trump's guilty verdict by saying Thursday that 'no one is above the law' - but warned that it would likely have little impact on the presidential race. 

'Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president,' said Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler. 'There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box.'

Tyler also pushed that Trump 'has always mistakenly believed he would never face consequences for breaking the law for his own personal gain.' 

A Manhattan jury Thursday found Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges of falsifying business records related to hush money payments paid to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Trump is now the first former U.S. president in history to be convicted of a crime. 

In the meantime, Biden paid respects to his late son Beau Biden Thursday morning and was at his Rehoboth Beach home in Delaware with family members when news of the verdict broke. 

The White House signaled within an hour after the verdict was made public that the president was staying put. 

'We respect the rule of law, and have no additional comment,' said White House Counsel's Office spokesperson Ian Sams in a statement to the pool. 

In the meantime, his campaign sent out a fundraising plea to supporters with the subject head, 'Let's keep Trump out of the White House.' 

'There’s only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box,' the fundraising email said. 'You know that I hate to ask, but there couldn’t be a more important moment for you to make your first donation to keep this guy out of the White House once and for all.'