A political wild card – will a felon be elected president?

HE HAS emerged politically unscathed from numerous scandals, allegations of sexual abuse and financial illegality, not to mention two impeachments.

But can Donald Trump and his presidential campaign survive now that he has become a convicted felon? He was found guilty last Thursday (May 30) by a New York jury on all 34 counts in his hush-money case, in what was the first criminal trial of a former president.

American voters will be the jurors come Nov 5, after a political campaign in which Trump is expected to use the trial and the other prosecutions he is facing as a rallying cry for his supporters.