Can Donald Trump run for president if indicted or convicted of a crime?
Posted on AllSides March 8th, 2022
From The Left
ANALYSIS
Donald Trump has always been confident in his chances of winning over voters, even if he committed crimes.
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" Trump said at a 2016 campaign stop in Iowa. "It's, like, incredible."
His comment at the time was seen as a joke. But now that Trump faces an investigation by prosecutors in Georgia and potentially the Justice Department, the idea that an indicted or convicted felon could run for president is no laughing...