For the first time in United States history, a former president is now officially a convicted felon. The guilty verdict in Donald Trump's hush money trial has opened a huge can of worms regarding what this could mean for him legally.
Trump still faces three other felony indictmentsPresident Donald Trump 's felony convictions from his hush money trial guilty verdict will likely bring new restrictions for his rights as a citizen.For the first time in United States history, a former -- and quite possibly future -- president is now officially a convicted felon.
It wouldn't be the first time there's been a convicted felon in the presidential race, in 1920, Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs won 3.4% of the popular vote while in prison on sedition charges for speaking out against the World War I draft.Though Florida -- where Trump is registered to vote -- prohibits people convicted of felonies from voting until their sentence is complete, New York law will allow him to maintain his voting rights.
Florida law states that felons are ineligible to vote "only if the conviction would make the person ineligible to vote in the state where the person was convicted," thus clearing the way for Trump to cast his ballot in November -- as long as he's not behind bars at that point, in which case, he would be legally prohibited from voting.Probably not. Under both federal law and New York state law, people convicted of felonies cannot legally possess firearms.
"He could seek to have that right restored, since his conviction was for a lower level non-violent felony," Cheryl Bader, a professor at Fordham Law, told ABC News.As part of sentencing, a judge may impose travel restrictions, but that's usually only done when there's concern that the person might flee. "I would be surprised if Judge Merchan will feel that travel restrictions are necessary as Trump is not a flight risk," Bader said.
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