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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Margaret Sullivan

Donald Trump’s arrest is ugly but it’s also democracy in action

Donald Trump boards his personal plane at Miami international airport, on Tuesday.
Donald Trump boards his personal plane at Miami international airport, on Tuesday. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Amid the palm fronds and the red baseball caps, after a motorcade on a Florida highway and before a shameful fundraiser at a New Jersey golf resort, the moment finally arrived.

Donald Trump was arrested and formally charged with federal crimes – a first for an American former president. He was hit with 37 counts, to be precise, related to his retaining and failing to return the reams of sensitive classified documents that weren’t his to keep.

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