CabbageRain@sh.itjust.works to World News@beehaw.org · edit-21 year agoDonald Trump says he’s been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documentsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareNull User Object@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoMy understanding is yes, he can even run if convicted and in prison. https://prisoninsight.com/can-you-run-for-president-in-prison/
minus-squarealyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year ago My understanding is yes, he can even run if convicted and in prison. most famously this happened with Eugene Debs, yeah
minus-squareConstableJelly@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoBreaks my heart to hear him mentioned in the same context as trump. “While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free…”
My understanding is yes, he can even run if convicted and in prison. https://prisoninsight.com/can-you-run-for-president-in-prison/
most famously this happened with Eugene Debs, yeah
Breaks my heart to hear him mentioned in the same context as trump.
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free…”
Ah, America and its freedom…