{"id":2256745,"date":"2024-05-31T13:31:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-can-be-a-felon-and-get-a-security-clearance\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:32:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:32:31","slug":"president-trump-can-be-a-felon-and-get-a-security-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-can-be-a-felon-and-get-a-security-clearance\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump could potentially have a criminal record and still obtain a security clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpresident-trump-can-be-a-felon-and-get-a-security-clearance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2256745&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200c summary highlights the potential restrictions Donald Trump may face as\u200c a convicted felon\u2064 and the exceptions that apply \u200dif he reassumes the presidency. Despite \u200dlimitations on firearm possession and voting rights if jailed, his eligibility \u2062for top-secret information access remains intact. The article also discusses the security\u200b clearance process, criteria, and considerations\u200d for individuals seeking FBI clearance, emphasizing the \u200cimpact of \u200ccriminal \u200bhistory on clearance eligibility.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s course to being a convicted felon will place some restrictions on the former president, but some of those won\u2019t matter if he returns to the White House. <\/p>\n<p>As president, Trump was, and could be again, granted access to the most sensitive secrets in the world of intelligence. Normally, being a convicted felon would make it difficult for someone to gain the security clearance needed to sit in on the president\u2019s daily brief.<\/p>\n<p>But there are exceptions for the president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>If he is sentenced to jail, Trump could lose his right to carry a firearm or to vote, but it won\u2019t halt his ability to campaign, be elected president, or even hinder his access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbis-warrant-targeted-the-45-office-by-name\/\" title=\"FBI's Warrant Targeted \"the 45 Office\" by Name\">top secret documents<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For a person seeking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/damning-new-details-emerge-in-ex-fbi-agents-role-in-shutting-down-hunter-biden-laptop-probe\/\" title=\"Damning New Details Emerge In Ex-FBI Agent\u2019s Role In Shutting Down Hunter Biden Laptop Probe\">top secret security clearance<\/a> in the FBI, the process typically takes between six to nine months. Applicants must undergo a background check that includes interviews with neighbors and friends, an inquiry for public records in civil and criminal litigation, and a dive into one\u2019s mental health history. <\/p>\n<p>There are nine factors that the U.S. government evaluates a person for during a security clearance investigation: drug involvement, criminal conduct, financial considerations, use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-is-monitoring-fuel-shortages-from-colonial-pipeline-cyber-attack\/\" title=\"Biden White House Is \u2018Monitoring\u2019 Fuel Shortages From Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack\">information technology systems<\/a>, United States allegiance, foreign influence, alcohol consumption, psychological conditions and personal behavior, and handling protected information.<\/p>\n<p>A history of a criminal record is not automatically a disqualifier for a person applying for a security clearance unless the crime involved alcohol, drugs, firearms, explosives, or sexual conduct, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slengland.com\/security-clearance-and-professional-licenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> Washington, D.C., law firm S.L. England. <\/p>\n<p>However, when a person is elected president, there are no hoops to jump through to gain access to classified information, and even when a president leaves office there is no debriefing conducted on their access to what top secret documents they have. <\/p>\n<p>A normal government employee with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-feds-removed-11-sets-of-classified-documents-including-some-top-secret-from-mar-a-lago\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Feds Removed 11 Sets Of Classified Documents, Including Some \u2018Top Secret,\u2019 From Mar-A-Lago\">top secret document<\/a> will have to sign a legal document at the start of their career acknowledging the requirements not to share classified information, not to store it in unauthorized places, and that at the end of their career they do not possess any documents.<\/p>\n<p>However, presidents are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2024\/01\/17\/trump-q-clearance-classified-nuclear-secrets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>not held<\/a> to that same standard. This is why the charges against Trump in his handling of classified documents are focused on Trump\u2019s failure to comply with a subpoena in May 2022 rather than just the action of Trump taking the classified documents to Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump likely won\u2019t even have to wait until he\u2019s president to begin getting updates on worldwide intelligence. As has been the norm since 1952, presidential candidates are looped in on intelligence briefings once they have secured their party\u2019s nomination. <\/p>\n<p>A U.S. intelligence officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/guilty-verdict-will-likely-not-affect-plans-intel-briefings-trump-rcna154876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> NBC News the former president\u2019s historic conviction probably won\u2019t change any agencies\u2019 plans to keep Trump in the loop once he is nominated at the Republican National Convention in July, days after he is scheduled to receive his sentence for the 34 guilty convictions in the hush money case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s potential status as a convicted felon may impose limitations, but if he resumes the presidency, certain restrictions may not apply. As president, Trump had, and could have again, authorization to access highly classified intelligence. Typically, a felony conviction would hinder security clearance, but exceptions exist for the presidential role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2256746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24151627590447.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24151627590447.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2256746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}