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   Donald Trump is the 1st convicted felon president. Here's what that means   
      
      
   Trump gets to rape your wife but only if you voted for him.   
      
   Luckily Pedophila is not considered a crime in the Trump administration   
   thanks to the efforts of Steven Miller.   
      
      
   U.S. President Donald Trump is the first convicted felon to hold the White   
   House.   
      
   His election victory could very well end the four criminal cases brought   
   against him, at least for the four years he occupies the Oval Office.   
   Here's a look at the questions his unprecedented status as a felon raises.   
   So you can be president after being convicted of a crime?   
      
   There is nothing under federal law or in the U.S. Constitution that   
   prevents a felon from leading the nation. To become president, candidates   
   need only be at least 35 years old, a natural-born citizen and a resident   
   of the United States for at least 14 years.   
      
   The law is harder on voters than presidential candidates: in some states,   
   felons cannot vote for the leader of their country.   
   What crime did Trump commit?   
      
   Trump was convicted in New York this spring on 34 felony counts of   
   falsifying business records in connection with a hush-money payment made to   
   a porn star before the 2016 presidential election.   
   WATCH | Trump's historic conviction:   
      
   Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in hush-money trial   
   May 30, 2024|   
   Duration 12:19   
   Donald Trump has been found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying   
   business records related to hush-money payments to two women ahead of the   
   2016 election, becoming the first former U.S. president to be convicted of   
   a crime.   
   Can Trump pardon himself in that case?   
      
   No.   
      
   Presidential pardoning power only applies to federal offences, not to   
   crimes violating state law.   
   What was his sentence?   
      
   Trump was handed a sentence called an unconditional discharge just a few   
   days before he was sworn into office on Jan. 20. The decision formalized   
   his status as a convicted felon, but otherwise spared the president any   
   other punishment.   
      
   With sentencing over, Trump is now free to formally appeal the jury's   
   verdict.   
   WATCH | Trump spared jail time:   
      
   Trump spared jail time in hush money case   
   January 10, 2025|   
   Duration 1:58   
   U.S. president-elect Donald Trump was granted an unconditional discharge,   
   meaning he won’t go to jail or pay a fine, despite his felony convictions   
   for falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal threatening   
   during his first presidential campaign in 2016. Trump is still appealing   
   the conviction.   
   As a felon, can Trump come to Canada?   
      
   Canada is among dozens of countries in the world to refuse entry to felons.   
      
   After Trump was convicted in May, a federal official laid out to CBC News   
   the Canadian government's understanding of how the rules would apply in the   
   event Trump was elected.   
      
   The bottom line: It will likely fall upon Canada's immigration minister to   
   grant Trump special status to make him legally admissible for entry into   
   the country. The issue will be presumably be tested before G7 summit in   
   Kananaskis, Alta., in June.   
   WATCH | Can Trump can travel north?   
      
   As a felon, can Trump come to Canada?   
   January 20, 2025|   
   Duration 1:13   
   Donald Trump will be the first U.S. president who is also a convicted   
   felon. Here’s what that means — for Canada.   
   What are Trump's other indictments?   
      
   The hush money case was the only one of Trump's four criminal indictments   
   to go to trial.   
      
   One indictment pertained to Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election   
   loss, which resulted in hundreds of his supporters storming the Capitol on   
   Jan. 6, 2021. In another, Trump was accused of hoarding classified   
   documents at his estates in Florida and New Jersey and defying several   
   attempts by the government to get him to return them after his first term   
   as president ended.   
      
   Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon both cases after Trump won the   
   election, acknowledging his return to the White House would preclude   
   attempts to federally prosecute him. Smith later resigned.   
   WATCH | Experts on why Trump's legal woes could disappear:   
      
   Did Trump just get a get-out-of-jail-free card?   
   November 7, 2024|   
   Duration 2:22   
   Donald Trump will make history as the first convicted felon to become   
   president of the United States and he’s still facing other criminal and   
   civil cases, but experts tell CBC’s The National that come inauguration day   
   those legal problems will likely disappear.   
      
   Finally, prosecutors in Fulton County, Ga., last year used state   
   racketeering laws — developed to fight organized crime — to charge Trump in   
   an alleged conspiracy to reverse his defeat in the battleground state in   
   the 2020 election.   
      
   Trump has denied any wrongdoing and the case is largely on hold.   
   If he was charged in an alleged conspiracy, aren't there other defendants?   
      
   Yes. Trump has 14 co-defendants in the case.   
      
   His unique role as president makes it unlikely he will face legal   
   consequences during his presidency. His lawyer has already said in court he   
   will seek to pause any activity related to Trump based on an argument that   
   a president should not face the burden of a criminal prosecution while in   
   office.   
   What about the 14th Amendment disqualifying candidates who are involved in   
   insurrection?   
      
   The amendment does take those candidates out of contention, but Trump was   
   not charged with insurrection after the attack at the U.S. Capitol.   
      
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