Here’s Why Trump Can Still Run for President , After Hush-Money Conviction.<br />Donald Trump made history on <br />May 30 when he became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.<br />Donald Trump made history on <br />May 30 when he became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.<br />He was found guilty on "34 felony counts of falsifying business documents" linked to hush-money paid to Stormy Daniels, NBC News reports. .<br />Trump will be sentenced on July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee where he is set to receive the party's presidential nomination.<br />But the former president barely batted an eye at the conviction, saying, "The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people.".<br />This was a rigged, disgraceful trial. <br />The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 <br />by the people, and they know what <br />happened here, and everybody <br />knows what happened here, Donald Trump, via statement.<br />I’m a very innocent man, and it’s <br />OK. I’m fighting for our country. <br />I’m fighting for our Constitution, Donald Trump, via statement.<br />Trump immediately used the conviction <br />as a means to inspire his constituents to <br />lend their support via money and votes. .<br />He can still run for president because the <br />criteria to do so, as stated in Article II, <br />Section 1 of the Constitution, is as follows:.<br />A candidate must be a "natural born Citizen," at least 35 years old and have lived in the U.S. for 14 years.<br />There are no other qualifications <br />other than those in the Constitution. <br />There's just three, Chuck Rosenberg, a former U.S. attorney and an NBC News <br />and MSNBC legal analyst, via statement .<br />There is nothing in the Constitution that says someone who's been convicted of a crime can't run for the nation's highest office.<br />Some analysts predict that Trump's conviction <br />may just be the fuel he needs to drum up unprecedented support from his ultra-MAGA army. .<br />Some analysts predict that Trump's conviction <br />may just be the fuel he needs to drum up unprecedented support from his ultra-MAGA army.
