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Dakota Rudesill, Associate Professor of Law; Senior Faculty Fellow, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University

Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president

Former President Donald Trump exits the courthouse after being found guilty of 34 felonies in May 2024. Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump is the president-elect. He is also a convicted felon, thanks to a jury verdict after a trial in New York state court for a hush money conspiracy before he became president the first time.

Normally, a president-elect gets access to highly classified information, including a version of the President’s Daily Brief on intelligence. And the sitting president has more access and authority over the nation’s secrets than anyone else.

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