President Trump can be a felon and get a security clearance

Published May 31, 2024 1:28pm ET



Donald Trump‘s course to being a convicted felon will place some restrictions on the former president, but some of those won’t matter if he returns to the White House.

As president, Trump was, and could be again, granted access to the most sensitive secrets in the world of intelligence. Normally, being a convicted felon would make it difficult for someone to gain the security clearance needed to sit in on the president’s daily brief.

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