Legally speaking, would an indictment prevent him from running? Are there any laws against an indicted individual running for elective office?
I’m not sure! Maybe a poster here can answer your important questions.
No - but they’ll try him in DC with democrats on the jury and they’ll do it quickly and swiftly.
Eugene Debs ran for president from his prison cell.
“Joel Caston won the race for advisory neighborhood commissioner of a district where he’ll oversee the Harriet Tubman Women’s Shelter and D.C. Jail — where he is an inmate.”
And lest we forget Marion Barry
I’m going from memory here but I believe Rep. Alcee Hastings ran and won from a jail cell
“Are there any laws against an indicted individual running for elective office?”
The qualifications are established by the Constitution. Simply:
1) Natural born citizen
2) 35 years old or older
3) 14 years or longer a resident within the United States
4) No one can serve more than 2 full terms as President.
There is no provision in the Constitution to prohibit someone under indictment from running. There is no provision in the Constitution to prevent someone convicted of a felony or misdemeanor from running and serving.