However, this indictment will not prevent the former President of the United States from “winning the Republican primary” scheduled for the presidential election in 2024, specifies Laurence Nardon.
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donald trump “could be sentenced to prison”, for his negligent management of state secrets, advanced Laurence Nardon on franceinfo Tuesday, June 13. The head of the Americas program at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) warns, however, that “Things are going very slowly” and that he “it is not certain that Donald Trump will be tried and sentenced before the elections”as the former US president appears before a judge in federal court in Miami.
Even if he was sentenced to prison, “we don’t really know how it would work technically”because as a former president, “He must be protected, his safety must be ensured and we are not sure if this is compatible with incarceration”details the researcher at Ifri.
“There is no precedent in history so far of an American president being sentenced to prison.”
Laurence Nardonat franceinfo
But this indictment cannot prevent him from running for President of the United States “from a legal point of view”explains Laurence Nardon. “Ineligibility is not provided for what he is accused of there, that is to say the fact of having kept these documents at his home illegally.”
This indictment “not going to change much to his prospects in the campaign”believes Laurence Nardon. “It is almost certain to win the Republican primary” which should take place in a year, “because the Republican base still loves Trump”assures the researcher. “The more he is attacked, the more this base loves this champion, who in their eyes is a victim of the elites.”