If Donald Trump goes to jail, can he still be president? Yes, but it’s complicated

The possibility of a prisoner president has become ever slightly more likely with Trump’s second indictment in three months

Former US president Donald Trump faces 37 charges for alleged mishandling of classified documents. PHOTO: AFP
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If there is one thing I learnt from my years covering news about former US president Donald Trump, it is that “improbable” – even “highly improbable” – does not mean impossible.

So much about his campaign for president in 2016, his subsequent stint in the White House and everything that followed can be described as unprecedented. Over and over again, things that have never happened before happened in the Trump era.

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