The share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who believe that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was not legitimate has ticked back up, according to a new CNN poll fielded throughout July. All told, 69% of Republicans and Republican-leaners say Biden’s win was not legitimate, up from 63% earlier this year and through last fall, even as there is no evidence of election fraud that would have altered the outcome of the contest.
They could (and probably will) argue that even if he’s being tried for insurrection he hasn’t been convicted yet and therefore is eligible to run. If he does win it’s questionable what would happen. I’m sure he would argue as a sitting president he was immune from prosecution and therefore that the case has to be dropped. Assuming that doesn’t work he could try to pardon himself, but that’s much shakier ground. Technically if you accept a pardon you’re admitting guilt, so he would be barred from office, but if he’s already in office what then?