# Trump In Jail Election Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 7, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-in-jail-election-question/998561 "2024-03-07T02:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-in-jail-election-question/998561/12 "2024-03-07T04:19:07Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > One question is whether he really would be incarcerated pending appeals. Moved this to separate thread: > [@What reason is there to think Trump would be let out pending appeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-reason-is-there-to-think-trump-would-be-let-out-pending-appeal/998564): > > So this has come up a couple of times. It’s been claimed in some quarters (on this board and elsewhere) that even if Trump is convicted of felony before the 2024 election he will be allowed to remain free while appealing his conviction What evidence is there to see support this assertion? What legal basis would there be for Trump to be allowed to stay out of jail while his appeals play our? AFAIK the reason behind letting some people remain free pending appeal is that when someone is given a … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-in-jail-election-question/998561)._