On Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, a court case for President-elect Donald Trump was held online for falsifying business records and a sentencing for the same account.
In May of 2024, he was found guilty of thirty-four felon accounts of falsifying business records. The case was in favor of E. Jean Carroll, a journalist, to whom Trump was ordered to pay $83 million.
Sophie Best ’26, said, “Both Democrats and Republicans will be affected by the actions of their leader. It might be harder for some rules to be made based on what their leader does.”
Trump was convicted, however, he was sentenced to no jail time, fines, or probation.
“You now have a group of people that may see what the President-Elect did and decide that it’s okay to do the same thing, especially considering nothing will happen to President-Elect Trump,” says Nikolaos Kontos.
Trump will be sworn into the White House next Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, to begin his second term as the President of the United States.
According to Vote.gov, every state has different laws for voting after you commit a felony. For Florida, which is where Trump is registered, you may or may not be eligible to vote after you have completed your sentence, depending on the crime. Does having a felon as a president break a moral code, or is this an extenuating circumstance?