The Possibility of Trump Running for President from Prison Raises Questions.

Even if former President Donald Trump is convicted and sentenced to prison time for the 37-count indictment he was arraigned on Tuesday, there is nothing in the Constitution that would prevent him from running for the GOP nomination or against President Biden in November 2024. Eugene Debs, a five-time Socialist candidate for president, ran for president on the Socialist Party ticket four times between 1900 and 1912 as a free man. He made his fifth run for president in 1920 from federal prison in Georgia, earning nearly 1 million votes, or 3% of the popular vote. Joe Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic or the “Tiger King,” announced he would be running for president while serving a 21-year sentence for attempted murder-for-hire and animal abuse.