Can Trump still run for president after being convicted? Yes.
Former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York.
Now a convicted felon, he is also the presumptive Republican nominee for president in 2024.
A presidential candidate can still run for office despite being convicted of a crime.
Donald Trump is now officially a convicted felon. But can he still become president?
Short answer: Yes, according to the Constitution.
A New York jury convicted the former president on 34 felony counts on Thursday, reigniting a wave of questions about what it means for his 2024 presidential campaign.
A presidential candidate can, indeed, still run for office despite being convicted of a crime, according to the US Constitution.
Article II of the constitution lays out the requirements for any presidential candidate: They must be at least 35 years of age, they must have resided in the US for at least 14 years, and they must be a natural-born US citizen.
The Constitution does not bar presidential candidates who have been charged or convicted of crimes.
In fact, the Constitution does not even disqualify presidential candidates who are incarcerated, legal experts previously told Insider.
Two presidential candidates — Eugene Debs in 1920 and Lyndon LaRouche in 1992 — ran for the Oval Office from behind bars, though neither won. Debs had been serving time in a federal prison for violating the Espionage Act, and LaRouche had been convicted of committing mail fraud and campaign fraud conspiracy.
The jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges of falsifying business records ahead of the 2016 election to cover up an alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels.
The jury's decision to convict Trump makes him the first former president in US history to be convicted of a felony. Trump has denied the affair and any wrongdoing, saying he's a "very innocent man" and that he's been targeted by his political foes.
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