Comment on Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes. And he’s not the first to run a campaign from prison (though he likely won’t go to prison for the 34 felonies. Prison is extremely rare for those kinds of charges. even if he wasn’t trump.)
ifGoingToCrashDont@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Cohen did time for the exact same crime
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This is incorrect.
Cohen plead guilty to tax evasion and campaign finance violations
Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records
Not only is the substance of the charge different, Cohen’s crimes were federal where Trump’s conviction is state.
the charges that trump is guilty of, the sentencing very, very rarely includes prison time. (because we live in a fucked up country where you can get away with anything as long as you’re a business.)