, and the result may determine if he's allowed to leave the U.S. and enter other countries as a convicted felon.Even while the case is on appeal, the jury's verdict will stand and he'll be considered a convicted felon.The outcome will be particularly consequential if Trump is reelected in November, making traveling abroad for the potential U.S. president somewhat unpredictable.
"It is a financial crime and what we would consider to be a white collar crime, not a crime of violence," Johnson said.Zoom out: have laws prohibiting people convicted of felonies from entering their borders, though not all of them actively screen travelers' criminal records.Foreign leaders could make exceptions for Trump, especially is he's elected president.
"If he is re-elected president, I don't think that those countries would dare not allow a sitting U.S. president to visit on a diplomatic basis," Johnson said. "So the fact that he's a convicted felon would technically still apply to him in his capacity as a private citizen," Johnson added. "But he wouldn't be going to China as a private citizen. He'd be going as the U.S. president.