DONALD Trump’s license to carry a gun could be revoked after he is found guilty of criminal charges.
The former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee was convicted of 34 criminal charges as a result of his hush money trial.
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Following his conviction, the New York Police Department is “preparing to revoke Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun,” a senior police official said. CNN.
His New York City gun license was suspended following his indictment, an NYPD spokesperson said, according to NBC News.
While it is unclear when the former president last carried a firearm, his New York City license was active at the time of his silence charge in March 2023, the spokesperson continued.
In 2016, Trump told French magazine Valeurs Actuelles that he “always” carried a gun, according to Business Insider.
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His conviction for falsifying business records marked the first time a former US president was convicted.
However, the 34 charges against him cannot prevent Trump from being president, a lawyer told The US Sun.
This applies even if he goes to prison.
“If Donald Trump is found guilty, even if he is sentenced to prison, which is unlikely in the New York case, he could still be president,” explained former prosecutor Neama Rahmani.
“There is nothing that prohibits a convicted felon from being president of the United States.”
He added: “Theoretically, Trump could be in prison and still be president of the United States, deserving of the Constitution.
His sentencing is scheduled for July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention.
Donald Trump’s legal battles
Donald Trump is the first former US president to be convicted of a crime. He was indicted four times in total, and on May 30 he was found guilty in his historic secret trial. He remains the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The US Sun analyzes the former president’s current legal battles.
New York Business Records
- Trump was convicted in May of falsifying business records related to $130,000 in secret payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
- The payment, executed by Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, ensured that an embarrassing story would not be published before the 2016 presidential election.
- Trump now faces up to four years in prison following the guilty verdict.
- He can only be pardoned by the governor of New York if he is convicted.
- The trial began on April 15. Trump was found guilty of all 34 charges on May 30.
Classified Federal Documents
- Trump is accused of mishandling classified documents after leaving office and storing them at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
- He was also accused of obstructing federal agents as they tried to recover the documents.
- Trump is also accused of having shown the trove of files to people who were not supposed to see them.
- Trump faces a range of charges, including allegations that he violated the Espionage Act.
- Trump is also accused of engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- He faces 100 years in prison if convicted.
- The case is not expected to go to trial before the November elections.
- If Trump wins, he could pardon himself or order the Justice Department to drop the charges because the case was brought at the federal level.
Federal Electoral Subversion
- In August 2023, the Department of Justice charged Trump with the events linked to the January 6 insurrection and the organization of false voter lists.
- Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy against rights and obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding.
- If convicted, Trump could face a maximum sentence of 55 years in prison.
- A trial date has not yet been decided, but it is unlikely that the case will go to trial before the November elections.
- The Supreme Court is considering arguments over whether Trump is immune from prosecution for some or all of his actions while in the White House.
Election interference in Georgia:
- Trump and 18 others have been accused of trying to change the outcome of the 2020 election in Georgia by pressuring local officials and election workers.
- The district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, which includes Atlanta, indicted Trump on racketeering charges in August 2023.
- He turned himself in to a Georgia prison and had his mugshot taken.
- A trial is not expected to take place before the November elections.
- Trump cannot pardon himself if convicted because the charges were brought at the state level.
- In Georgia, only a board appointed by the governor can approve pardons.
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