Can former guys under investigation for criminal activity run for president in this country?

[Ohioboy]

I'm just curious when it comes to how much a person charged with crimes gets to be taken seriously when it comes to the highest office in the land.

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. Yes. You can run even from inside prison.

Charles Manson could have run for President. Lyndon LaRouche did run while in prison.

All you have to be is 35 and a natural born citizen.

[Ohioboy]

4. That seems so absurd to me

Oh well...

[Claustrum]

12. The only way to make a person illegible to run for president again is to be convicted and removed

from presidency by the senate. We failed to do that thanks to republicans.

[Ohioboy]

14. Too bad the presidency has become all about the marketing, and not about character

Get enough crazy voters and you're in.

[PortTack]

2. Unfortunately, a felon can run for President..sickening!

[Ohioboy]

11. In other words...

Trump could have shot someone on 5th Ave., run from prison; and if he'd won he could have pardoned himself? Something tells me the Founding Fathers never thought a guy like Trump was possible.

[Klaralven]

15. The President has no power to pardon state crimes, only federal ones.

[Ohioboy]

18. Thank you. You are correct!

My Bad.

[getagrip_already]

19. true, but the scotus would allow him to leave jail

to run the country. And, at the very least, he would have the secret service remove him for his "safety".

It sounds like a lock, but we would be in entirely uncharted waters and the power of the potus would prevail over any state claim.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Not many laws, if any, against it. It's up to the voters to stop the crook.

[SoCalDavidS]

6. Or In TFG's Case, Support Him Willingly nt

[Ohioboy]

7. When I think of our future in the hands of republican voters I shutter.

[Ocelot II]

5. There is nothing in the Constitution or other laws prohibiting it.

You have to be at least 35 and a natural-born citizen, that's it. The voters have to decide whether to take that candidate seriously. Anyhow, on account of the presumption of innocence, just being charged or investigated isn't the same as being guilty. If a person has been convicted of a serious crime, however, being in prison could throw a spanner in the works wrt his campaign. It's been done, but not successfully.

[Ohioboy]

9. How convenient for any criminal that might win from prison

they could just pardon themselves right out of prison!

[SoCalDavidS]

8. Honestly, I Think TFG Could Still Get 40%+ Of The Vote, Post-Conviction, Running From Prison nt

[Claustrum]

10. I think if he is convicted and go to jail for something serious, that number should be in the

20%. Problem is, is there any convincing evidence (something like the Nixon tapes) and can we expose it to the public? My rational side tells me the chance of that happening is slim to none.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. How about the mob-styled shakedown calls to Georgia?

Threats to Election officials? That is what the Fulton County DA is going on.

[Claustrum]

16. As much as you and I would disagree with their assessments, the two situations are different.

Nixon clearly lied about his involvement in Watergate only to have a tape clearly showing his involvement in planning and executing Watergate.

Trump did all of the questioning of the election in the open and his call, while we categorize it a shakedown (and it's very much so in a gangster sense), Trump never directly say to overtake the capitol or to become violent. Gangsters always say these things in code words and that's exactly what Trump did. But in order to prove his guilt or shift public opinion, we would need a conversation from Trump that says explicitly to create new ballots for republicans out of thin air. Right now, the RW media and independent are excusing Trump because his word is simply that he believe there is foul play in GA and he wants to election officials to "find" the faulty ballots and give the win back to Trump.

Same thing with 1/6, I believe Trump incited them to go there but in order to prove him guilty legally, you have to find evidence of him saying to hang Mike Pence, or kill Nancy Pelosi to get a criminal charge on Trump. He has done this for years and he and his goons know enough to not say those things out and use codewords like "fight" but never directly say kill someone. Unfortunately, 1/6 is a public opinion fight rather than a criminal charge that some people want. I really want to be wrong but that's how I see it.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

17. Eventually both Al Capone snd John Gotti went down.

You just might be right.

It will be other things that take Trump down and for good.