Is it true that he can still run for the office even if he’s in jail?

  • MxM111@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    There is no chance for him to go to jail. Such sentencing will be appealed to Supreme Court and you know what will happen next.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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      6 months ago

      He’s unlikely to go to gaol for this particular set of crimes even without getting special treatment. He’d be looking at a maximum of 4 years (per count, but I suspect those would probably be served concurrently), but as another article about the subject said:

      But Trump is unlikely to be sentenced to prison, experts say. He is a first-time offender, and the crime he has been found guilty of is a non-violent paper crime.