After becoming the first president in American history to be impeached twice while in office, Donald Trump is now the first former president to face criminal charges.
Trump was indicted on Tuesday afternoon in a Manhattan courtroom, where 34 criminal charges were leveled against the former president and presumed front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination. It is a bizarre and unprecedented situation, but one that feels in some ways inevitable (and perhaps even a bit overdue and underwhelming) given the sheer number of allegations and investigations that have been swirling around Trump for years.
