STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Now that a federal appeals panel has ruled that Donald Trump can face trial on charges he led an attempt to overturn the 2020 election and cling to power, would that trial prevent him from running for president?
The appeals court rejected on Tuesday the former president’s claim that he is immune from prosecution, marking the second time in the past two months that judges have spurned Trump’s immunity arguments.
The court ruled he can be prosecuted for his actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol by his supporters in an effort to prevent Joe Biden from assuming power after winning the 2020 election.
Of course, there will be additional appeals by the Republican former president — currently the Republican frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race — that will likely reach the U.S. Supreme Court. And the appeals will result in extended delays to any future trial to the former president.
Already, the appeals court has delayed the possible trial start date, and Trump has until Feb. 12 to ask the Supreme Court to pause the ruling.
Trump’s current charges are the most serious ever faced by any U.S. president, bringing with them potentially serious jail time, if he’s convicted, a political science expert told the Advance/SILive.com.
But, should Trump face trial on charges related to insurrection, will it get in the way of his running for, or holding the nation’s highest political office?
The short answer is no, Brian Browne, assistant vice president of government relations and an adjunct professor of political science at St. John’s University, recently told the Advance/SILive.com.
In fact, while standing trial, or even if he’s convicted of the four felony counts he faces, Trump can still run for president in 2024, according to current laws and the U.S. Constitution. And, it remains unlikely that his trial and possible conviction will even take place by November.
WHAT IF HE’S CONVICTED?
Yet, even if it did, a trial…
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