• What Happens if a Presidential Candidate Is Convicted?

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 28 15:00:48 2023
    What Happens if a Presidential Candidate Is Convicted?

    The Constitution and American law have clear answers for only some of
    the questions that would arise. Others would bring the country into
    truly uncharted territory.
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    Could he vote?

    So if Mr. Trump is imprisoned, he could be in the extraordinary
    position of being deemed fit to be voted for, but unfit to vote.
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    The Justice Department does not indict sitting presidents, a policy
    outlined in a 1973 memo, during the Nixon era. It has never had reason
    to develop a policy on what to do with an incoming president who has
    already been indicted.

    https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-investigation-conviction.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

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