See Why Donald Trump, Former US President May Be Ban From Contesting Election In US

 

 Trump is under investigation by the Justice Department for removing presidential records from the White House and storing them at Mar-a-Lago for up to a year, a potentially serious violation of the law especially if the records were classified. Trump has denounced that investigation, saying he was entitled to take the records and that the investigation is partisan.

However, the saga is gradually turning to what could end Trump office ban if found guilty of been in possession of the "White House Classified" document says Legal Expert.

According to Mail Online, federal law prohibits someone convicted of mishandling documents from holding any office in the US, legal experts have warned could be a 'huge' development for Trump's hopes to run for president in 2024. 

 

'If Trump is convicted under this federal statute, he would be prohibited from holding any office including the office of the president,' former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told DailyMail.com. 'That would be huge.'

Trump could be facing 'significant criminal exposure' if the FBI raid determines he destroyed government records, Rahmani, who is president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told DailyMail.com Monday night. 

 

He said Trump would likely be charged under US Code Title 18, Section 2071 which involves concealment or destruction of US government documents.

 

The code states that anyone who 'willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record' could be fined and sentenced to a maximum of three years in prison.