Kerry Washington says Donald Trump's conviction has changed altered her view on the justice system. Ahead of the release of season two of 'UnPrisoned' on July 17th, Washington opened up about the ways that felons may be seen differently now that Trump has been convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records but is still able to run for president.
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00:00Kerry Washington says Donald Trump's conviction has altered her view on the justice system.
00:04Ahead of the release of Season 2 of Unprisoned on July 17, Washington opened up about the ways
00:10that felons may be seen differently now that Trump has been convicted of 34 counts of falsifying
00:14business records, but is still able to run for president. She told the publication Bustle,
00:19Everything has changed in terms of how I feel about the so-called justice system.
00:23We're in such an interesting moment when it comes to the question of,
00:26what is a felon? I love what people have been sharing on social media,
00:29saying that if a person who is a convicted felon can still run for president,
00:32then we should be removing that box from job applications. The actress and producer also
00:36said that if a felon can run for president, she thinks they should be able to vote.
00:40She continued, That's huge. Huge. The irony is that Governor Ron DeSantis has been trying to
00:46make it impossible in Trump's home state. A bill was passed in Florida to allow formerly
00:50incarcerated folks to vote, and DeSantis has been trying to do everything he can to undercut that.
00:55Donald Trump may not be able to vote in his home state.
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