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How can Trump, a convicted felon, enter the country?
Last year, Donald Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts in a criminal “hush money” trial, which led some to ask if the now re-elected U.S. president would be allowed to visit Canada as a convicted felon and attend the G7 summit. Despite some protests, he’s allowed to attend. Here’s why.
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about how U.S. President Donald Trump, as a convicted felon, is allowed to travel to the G7 summit here in Alberta.
In general, U.S. citizens recently convicted of felonies are prohibited from entering the country.
But those rules aren’t going to keep Trump — found guilty last year on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments — at home.
Canadian officials want these high-stakes, high-level conversations to happen. The federal cabinet published a formal order earlier this year confirming diplomatic immunity and privileges to the heads of foreign states attending the G7, including travel exemptions.
There’s also already international agreements in place preserving diplomatic relations
So the short answer: Trump is not an ordinary traveller to Canada and this is no ordinary trip.