President Joe Biden repeatedly declined to comment on the indictment of his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, as he departed the White House Friday morning. A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Trump Thursday, making him the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime, the culmination of a political rise defined by unprecedented scandal. Departing the White House for storm-ravaged Mississippi, Biden was asked if he's concerned about protests or the nation becoming more divided as a result of the indictment. The president repeatedly responded that he has "no comment." Biden did have a message for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the arrest of American Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage. "Let him go," Biden said.