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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.

00:05Ahead of the release of season two of Unprisoned on July 17th, 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 what is a felon?

00:26I love what people have been sharing on social media, saying that if a person who is a convicted

00:31felon can still run for president, then we should be removing that box from job applications.

00:35The actress and producer also said that if a felon can run for president,

00:38she thinks they should be able to vote. She continued, that's huge, huge. The irony is that

00:44Governor Ron DeSantis has been trying to make it impossible in Trump's home state. A bill was

00:49passed in Florida to allow formerly incarcerated folks to vote, and DeSantis has been trying to

00:53do everything he can to undercut that. Donald Trump may not be able to vote in his home state.

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