Can Trump be president if he’s convicted or sentenced to prison?

Published June 2, 2024 9:18am ET



The 2024 presidential election has been thrown a major twist in the form of Donald Trump‘s New York guilty verdict.

Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, setting up several scenarios that have never played out before. Can Trump become president with a felony conviction on his record before the election? What if he wins while serving in prison? Can he pardon himself after entering the White House?

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