Donald Trump has been indicted on federal charges related to election subversion a stunning third time this year that the former president has faced criminal charges . University of California Los Angeles law professor Richard L. Hasen one of the countrys leading experts on election law said Trump still has a path to serving as president should he win reelection in . The Constitution has very few requirements to serve as President such as being at least years of age . It does not bar anyone indicted or convicted or even serving jail time from running as president and winning the presidency . Could a president serve from prison? How someone would serve as president from prison is a happily untested question Hasen said . If Trump were to be convicted before a trial and win the contest he could try to grant himself a pardon . If reelected he would try to control the Justice Department if reelected . If convicted of a felony he would be barred from voting in his adoptive home state of Florida at least until he had served out a potential sentence . The Supreme Court may have to weigh in on a conviction . Could Trump vote if convicted in Florida or even serve out a possible jail sentence? If convicted he could potentially appeal a conviction is untested. If convicted in the case he may be able to dismiss it entirely. If elected he could also potentially appeal to the conservative Supreme Court . If elected again he could be convicted of an alleged hush-money payment scheme . If charged he would not be allowed to vote in his own state of a conviction. If found guilty of a crime he would . would be convicted in New York he would also be barred to a felony in the state of an unspecified unspecified state of the felony. if convicted. If caught and convicted he would. would be prohibited from
Could Donald Trump serve as president if convicted? If convicted, he would be able to
