Can a president be a convicted felon?

The answer is, simply, yes.

A convicted or imprisoned felon can not only campaign for president and other federal offices, but also be elected.

He can be sitting in a jail cell and still elected president.

However, it causes a situation that the Supreme Court will likely need to address and likely get the issued zipped past the NY court of appeals.

Can a president pardon himself?

Yes, but complicated because it's NEVER been done before.

Can a president pardon himself of state crimes?

More complicated. The MSN screams NO, but actually it's never been tested before. Legal experts aren't sure if he can't or can't because no president has ever tried. The SC has never settled it.

Even though they scream and say the state charges would be stuck on him forever that is not true.

But here is the bigger issue:

If Trump is sitting a jail cell in a NY state prison and he is elected as President, then he can't be held in a state-run prison. That would give one state too much leverage. The other states would say "HEY! One state cannot lock up the President!"

The State of New York would be holding the President-elect/ President as a prisoner.

It's a major constitutional crisis that would have to be settled by the SC. You can't have one state holding a federally elected official as its hostage.

Can a president be a convicted felon?

The answer is, simply, yes.

A convicted or imprisoned felon can not only campaign for president and other federal offices, but also be elected.

He can be sitting in a jail cell and still elected president.

However, it causes a situation that the Supreme Court will likely need to address and likely get the issued zipped past the NY court of appeals.

Can a president pardon himself?

Yes, but complicated because it's NEVER been done before.

Can a president pardon himself of state crimes?

More complicated. The MSN screams NO, but actually it's never been tested before. Legal experts aren't sure if he can't or can't because no president has ever tried. The SC has never settled it.

Even though they scream and say the state charges would be stuck on him forever that is not true.

But here is the bigger issue:

If Trump is sitting a jail cell in a NY state prison and he is elected as President, then he can't be held in a state-run prison. That would give one state too much leverage. The other states would say "HEY! One state cannot lock up the President!"

The State of New York would be holding the President-elect/ President as a prisoner.

It's a major constitutional crisis that would have to be settled by the SC. You can't have one state holding a federally elected official as its hostage.

Can a president be a convicted felon?

The answer is, simply, yes.

A convicted or imprisoned felon can not only campaign for president and other federal offices, but also be elected.

He can be sitting in a jail cell and still elected president.

However, it causes a situation that the Supreme Court will likely need to address and likely get the issued zipped past the NY court of appeals.

Can a president pardon himself?

Yes, but complicated because it's NEVER been done before.

Can a president pardon himself of state crimes?

More complicated. The MSN screams NO, but actually it's never been tested before. Legal experts aren't sure if he can't or can't because no president has ever tried. The SC has never settled it.

Even though they scream and say the state charges would be stuck on him forever that is not true.