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Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president

  • Written by Dakota Rudesill, Associate Professor of Law; Senior Faculty Fellow, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University
imageFormer President Donald Trump exits the courthouse after being found guilty of 34 felonies in May 2024.Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump is the president-elect. He is also a convicted felon, thanks to a jury verdict after a trial in New York state court for a hush money conspiracy before he became president the first time.

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