Can Trump be pres­i­dent if he’s con­vict­ed or sen­tenced to prison?

The 2024 pres­i­den­tial elec­tion fea­tures a unique wrin­kle in the form of Don­ald Trump‘s New York tri­al and three oth­er legal cas­es pend­ing against the for­mer pres­i­dent.
The tri­al, which is now in its final stages, opens up sev­er­al sce­nar­ios that have nev­er played out before. Can Trump become pres­i­dent if he’s con­vict­ed of a felony before the elec­tion? What if he wins while serv­ing in prison? Can he par­don him­self after enter­ing the White House?
On the first, per­haps most cru­cial, ques­tion, the answer is yes.
“Arti­cle I of the Con­sti­tu­tion sets out three require­ments to be pres­i­dent. You have to be 35 years old, a nat­ur­al-born cit­i­zen, and 14 years a res­i­dent with­in the U.S.,” Her­itag …