Donald Trump was convicted on felony charges. Will he go to prison?
Donald Trump was convicted on felony charges. Will he go to prison?
Trump was convicted of falsifying business records, a class E felony which is punishable by a fine, probation or up to four years in prison.
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Probably not, maybe house arrest? I'm curious to see if this has an effect on the other cases, if any. Can Jack Smith easily add a 2016 election interference count now that this is proven?
maybe house arrest?
Imagine that he gets house arrest, then gets elected president. House arrest in the fucking White House, at least until he pardons himself. That's wild.
He can't pardon himself in these cases. They are New York state felonies, which means the governor of NY would have to pardon him. If they were federal, then he could maybe pardon himself.
Oh right, I'm a dummy.
So if he gets house arrest, is he required to serve in NY? What happens if he gets elected president?
Oh, the possibilities. The stupid, stupid possibilities.
That would probably be up to the judge. Theoretically house arrest can be set at any home which could include an out of state address.
If he cant leave his house, he cant travel to DC to be sworn in. If he cant be sworn in, he cant become president.
IIRC, the legal consensus is that while the 24th ammendment doesn't cover a a president elect, his VP would be sworn in as President.
Its really weird how the presidency works. It's an elected position but there's no actual requirement that the person who is actually president is elected, because the need to have continuity of executive power is more important. NAL but I also thinks that if he's in jail next in line takes over.