Donald Trump has been found guilty of using a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.
The verdict came after a jury deliberated for less than twelve hours in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a US president. It marks a perilous political moment for Trump, the presumptive nominee for the Republican nomination, whose poll numbers have remained unchanged throughout the trial but could tank at any moment.
So the Republican nominee is a thirty-four time convicted felon?
I guess I can be president too someday.
Convicted felons can run for office. They just can’t vote in the election.
I desperately want him to lose Florida by one vote. His own.
Florida says he can vote based on the conviction being in NY, and in NY he can vote unless he’s incarcerated.
Which is how it should be in Florida, and everywhere. People shouldn’t continue to be punished after serving their time.
Ah. Bummer. I believe he can only vote in his home state of Florida, but it makes sense that the NY conviction doesn’t restrict his rights in another state. Thanks for the correction.
Could someone explain how it’s possible for him to be running for president?
Like, are there no laws against this? Is the only requirement for the person to have a pulse?
The U.S. Constitution states that the president must:
- Be a natural-born citizen of the United States.
- Be at least 35 years old.
- Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.
It’s kind of like the scene “there ain’t no rule a dog can’t play basketball” from Air Bud. The constitution has set minimum qualifications to be president, but didn’t bother with the disqualifications because it would be insane to try to conceive of every possible scenario that would disqualify an individual from seeking the presidency.
Hahahaha… he can’t even visit Canada now. “Criminally inadmissible”. Great head of state you’re voting for republicans.
Does this constitute a felony not of moral turpitude?
Cause if so, he can’t vote for himself in his home state.
I’m sure this will be endlessly delayed by every kind of legal maneuver possible, and I personally don’t expect the sentence to include prison time, but I don’t care. The motherfucker has been found GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS. That’s good enough for me.
They don’t even have to delay endlessly.
They just need to say it’s all rigged against him, take the presidency and pardon himself and his cronies.
His base thinks falsifying records is “smart” and the banks are dumb for falling for it. They still think he’s a stable genius
I trust the tough on crime Republicans will be appalled and change their vote since they’re so against felons being involved in the democratic process–or are those just the darker-skinned ones it applies to?
They think that the woman he cheated on Melania with and the lawyer who facilitated the transaction, along with all of the documented evidence, means that the global conspiracy to keep Trump down is only getting even more sinister.
Nevermind that he farted himself to sleep during the trial and refused to testify. Those objective facts don’t stand up to the conspiracy theory they’ve created in their echo chamber.
This dude is such a sleazy scum. Well done republicans you have picked a winner.
They’re not sending their best. They’re sending rapists, druggies, felons, and racists in a single package.
