Q&A: Yes, Trump could be elected president as a convicted felon
Published in Political News
And the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in March that states acting on their own may not enforce this provision.
Congress would have to act in order for that provision to be enforced.
Has anyone ever run for president from prison?
Yes.
Eugene Debs ran five times as the Socialist Party candidate for president and won nearly a million votes in 1920 when he was serving a prison term for sedition.
Debs had spoken out against the World War I draft and earned the ire of President Wilson. But shortly after winning the White House, President Harding commuted the sentence.
What are the chances Trump could be convicted before the election?
It's quite possible.
Trump is facing four sets of criminal charges.
The two most serious cases involve the federal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith. He indicted Trump in Washington for conspiring to subvert the counting of the electoral votes after Trump lost the November 2020 election.
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