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They'll probably make him a felon, won't they? (Can you vote for felons in the US?)




Speaking of which, if he were convicted and then elected President, one could make a reasonable argument that he could then pardon himself.


So technically speaking, a murderer could be elected president, but not a legal immigrant.


Well, that depends, particularly for Snowden. "Under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, no person who swore an oath to support the Constitution, and later rebelled against the United States, can become president. However, this disqualification can be lifted by a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress."


Federally I am pretty sure the answer yes, everything else would depend on the states I guess. In fact you can even be in prison I am pretty sure.


Bush and Obama both got elected for second terms...


I see what you did there.


A convicted spy (he's charged with espionage) can't get elected: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_Un...


He hasn't been tried or convicted (yet).




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