ALBAWABA - Donald Trump was found guilty on Thursday by a New York jury on 34 felonies from fabricating company documents to hiding a payment of hush money to a porn actress that was made before to the 2016 presidential election, the question is, can he still run for president of the United States?
The jury concluded that Mr. Trump had falsified documents to hide the intention behind payments made to his former lawyer, Michael D. Cohen. The payments were in fact made by Trump to Cohen for a $130,000 hush-money agreement made with porn actress Stormy Daniels in order to quiet her claims of having a sexual relationship with the president, according to New York Times.
After being led out of the courthouse, Trump shook his son Eric's hand and seemed unfazed by the conviction. He told reporters that the people of the United States will deliver the true decision on November 5 on election day, as he claimed that the case's judge, Juan M. Merchan, was biased against him.
Trump will still be able to run for president despite his legal dispute, as the US constitutional requirements for a presidential candidate are: being a natural born US citizen, at least 35 years of age and has been a resident in the states for a minimum of 14 years, with Trump meeting all such criteria.
A few weeks may pass before the judge sentences Trump, which could include up to four years in prison. However, some legal experts, according to Politico, believe that if Trump wins the election and receives a prison sentence, a constitutional crisis would arise that would necessitate the suspension of his prison term to allow him to continue serving as the president of the United States.
