As Joe Biden prepared to take the most important step in his political career thus far, on Thursday, President Donald Trump was having an entirely different kind of day.

Trump's former strategist, Steve Bannon, was indicted for fraud Thursday, and court documents show that New York prosecutors are working to reinstate an indictment against another Trump associate: his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, for mortgage fraud.

Earlier on Thursday, a federal judge rejected Trump's motion to block the Manhattan district attorney from obtaining his tax returns.

To add to Trump's grief, more than 70 former Republican national security officials, including some former members of the Trump administration, came out in support of Biden.