Trump Can Vote After Sentencing But Loses Gun Rights

NEW YORK – President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t have to go to jail, pay a fine or do community service for his New York silence belief. A judge ended the case Friday with a sentence of unconditional discharge, closing the case without a sentence.

But unless the conviction for falsifying business documents is one day overturned, Trump will have felonies on his criminal record, which will affect some of his rights.

Here are some possible impacts and some things that won’t change:

Can he still vote?

Trump is registered to vote in Florida and will be able to vote there.

Florida bans people convicted of felonies from voting, but restores their voting rights after they serve their sentences. People convicted of murder or sexual assault permanently lose their voting rights unless the pardon board restores their rights.

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For people convicted of felonies in other states — like Trump — Florida only makes a person ineligible to vote if they lost their right to vote in the state where they were convicted. New York does not allow a person convicted of a felony to vote while in prison, but restores the right to vote after the person is released.

Can he own a gun?

Not. Under federal law, people convicted of felonies are prohibited from possessing firearms.

Does he have to give a DNA sample?

By law, anyone convicted of a felony in New York must provide a DNA sample for the state’s crime data bank.

Samples are collected after sentencing, usually when the defendant reports to probation, jail, or prison. Samples can also be taken by a court or a police officer.

It is a non-invasive procedure that involves swabbing the inside of the cheek. State police analyze the cells and genetic material, creating a profile that is then entered into a data bank.

There, technology takes over, performing automated searches and comparing profiles of people convicted of crimes to DNA profiles collected at crime scenes. Matches can be used to identify suspects in an unsolved crime.

The New York database contains profiles of more than 720,000 offenders and is linked to the FBI’s Combined DNA Index system.

Can Trump hold office with a felony conviction?

There is nothing in federal law that prevents a person from becoming president because they have been convicted of a crime. State laws differ on whether a person with a criminal record can run for state and local office. Some require pardons or expungements to run for office. There are no such restrictions on running for federal office.

Can he travel outside the US?

That. As presidentTrump will have a diplomatic passport that will allow him to travel officially to foreign countries, and he can also keep an ordinary or tourist passport. People sentenced to prison or probation can have their passports denied or revoked, but that is not the case with Trump.

Some countries limit or reserve the right to deny visits to persons convicted of crimes, including Canadathe Great Britain and Israel.

Will it take away business opportunities?

Trump’s felony conviction could bar him from holding liquor licenses, but that doesn’t necessarily mean his golf courses and hotels will have to stop serving liquor.

In New Jersey, for example, where Trump owns three golf courses, state law prohibits anyone convicted of a crime “involving moral turpitude,” from holding a liquor license.

But Trump’s company said all of his assets are owned by corporate entities and that he is not an officer or director of any entity that holds liquor licenses.

Trump’s conviction could also bar him from re-entering the casino business, if he chooses, because people with criminal records typically can’t get gaming licenses. Trump once had three casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but they are gone.

Can Trump get a pardon?

Only the governor of New York has the power to pardon Trump because of this ruling. Trump’s case was tried in state court and involved violations of state law. Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes.

It seems unlikely that Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, would pardon Trump. Asked last month if she would consider pardoning Trump, she did not say yes or no, but noted that the pardon process requires several elements, including “remorse.”

Trump says he did nothing wrong and has described the case against him as a “fraud” perpetrated by Democrats.

“No one is going to treat me better or worse when I make these life-changing decisions as we look at the petitions that come in throughout the year,” Hochul said. “So nobody gets extra favors, nobody gets treated worse.”