nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/839e1b9d34b58766 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240611s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/839e1b9d34b58766 doi eng 342 23 Medina, Vicente Author aut Should a Convicted Felon be the Next President of the US? - American Citizens are in a Bind Medina, Vicente Verfassungsblog 2024-06-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On Thursday, May 30th, 2024, former President Trump was convicted in New York City by a jury of thirty-four criminal charges consisting of falsifying business records with the intend to deceive. Regardless of his tirade against the American legal system, he stands as a convicted felon unless he could prove otherwise on appeal. This is an unprecedented conviction. Mr. Trump is the first American president who has been criminally convicted. Lamentably, the republican establishment continues to stand by the former president and to question the legality of this trial thereby challenging the integrity of the rule of law. CC BY-SA 4.0 constitution democracy Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/trump-felon-election/ raw object