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34 charges and more than 100 years in prison: What is Trump charged with and will he go to prison?

Former president was hit with 34 felony charges at Tuesday’s arraignment

The Independent UK

Trump arrested: What we know about ex-president’s historic 34 criminal charges

Former president faced 34 felony charges as he was arraigned on Tuesday

The Independent UK

White House or jail? Historians see Trump arraignment as start of an uncertain chapter

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump will make history on Tuesday when he is booked and arraigned in a Manhattan courthouse as the first former president ever to face criminal charges. But historians are looking beyond his indictment with anxiety over what might follow.

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Other countries have prosecuted their leaders. What took the U.S. so long?

Other democracies, from Europe to South America to the Middle East, have prosecuted their current or former leaders. Why did the U.S. wait so long to take that step? A political scientist weighs in.

WEKU

Past presidents, while never indicted, have faced legal woes of their own

President Nixon was named as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the Watergate scandal, and President Clinton was impeached following the fallout from his affair with a White House intern.

WEKU

John M. Crisp: Trump indictment affirms an essential principle of justice

Count me among those who are skeptical about indicting former president Donald Trump on charges that he tried to cover up an affair by paying off a porn star and misrepresenting the expenditure in his business records. Isn’t this what the Bible calls straining at a gnat and swallowing a…

Tribune News Service

Donald Trump isn't first ex-president to face legal trouble

Donald Trump isn't the first president, in or out of office, to be in legal trouble

The Independent UK

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Editorial: Trump indictment a political minefield

Indicting a former president on criminal charges is an extremely serious matter. The charges brought against former President Donald Trump Thursday by the district attorney in Manhattan mark the first time that a past commander in chief has ever been indicted with a crime.

Tribune News Service

Expert: Charges show Trump not a "king"

Trump was just another example of a president acting as if he was king by just another name

Salon

Commentary: No American is above the law, not even former presidents

No American is above the law — not even former presidents. After a monthslong investigation, a New York grand jury indicted former president Donald J. Trump on charges related to hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

Tribune News Service

White House Plumbers: episode guide, UK release date, fact vs fiction, cast, plot, interviews and all about the Watergate break-in drama

White House Plumbers is an HBO and Sky Atlantic drama about the Watergate break-in starring Justin Theroux, Woody Harrelson, Lena Heady,and Judy Greer.

WhatToWatch

Trump's real crimes are being ignored

Like Richard Nixon, Trump is being punished for his sins against the dominant order, not his most serious crimes

Salon

Commentary: Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ fate is a cautionary tale for our nation’s Trump quandary

With barricades surrounding the Manhattan criminal courthouse and plainclothes officers ordered to dress in their full uniforms, it’s only human to ponder the wisdom of trying Donald Trump for a nonviolent offense related to buying a porn star’s silence.

Chicago Tribune

Among 160 years of presidential scandals, Trump stands alone

While he’s far from the only U.S. president to be dogged by legal and ethical scandals, Donald Trump now occupies a unique place in history as the first ever indicted on criminal charges

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Los Angeles Times

What Trump’s indictment means for his political future — and his party’s

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is the first former president in history to face a criminal indictment. Here’s what Trump’s indictment might mean for his political future — and his party’s.

The Conversation

Manhattan grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump, showing he, like all other presidents, is not an imperial king

A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump on March 30, 2023, for his alleged role in paying porn star Stormy Daniels hush money.

The Conversation

What does Trump's indictment mean for his political future – and the strength of US democracy?

Events often seem inevitable in hindsight. The indictment of former US President Donald Trump on criminal charges has been a possibility since the start of his presidency – arguably, since close to the beginning of his career in New York real estate.

The Independent UK

Trump to surrender in days after being indicted on ‘more than 30 charges’ in Stormy Daniels hush money case

The indictment against the twice-impeached Mr Trump makes him the first former US president to face criminal charges

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The Guardian - US

Did Vietnam peace protests stop Nixon using nuclear weapons?

A new documentary, released amid Putin’s brinksmanship over Ukraine, argues that marches in 1969 changed the US president’s mind. Some historians think otherwise

The Street

Bruce Lee Foresaw Opportunities From China's Economic Rise

Lee, who died 50 years ago this year, was a savvy entrepreneur who sought to unite East and West through the popularity of martial arts.

The Independent UK

Renée Fleming stars as `Nixon in China' arrives in Paris

Renée Fleming spent decades portraying generals' wives, a countess and a courtesan

AFP

'Nixon in China': an opera with fresh relevance

Paris (AFP) - Opera rarely feels like a topical medium but modern classic "Nixon in China" is growing in popularity and offering a pointed reminder of how much geopolitics has shifted in the past 50 years.

Tribune News Service

Patricia Murphy: The peril of charging Donald Trump for bookkeeping fraud, but not election lies

Donald Trump has never been an understated man. His motto in life always seems to have been, “Why just do something when you can overdo it?” So it’s fitting that just as Trump has launched his third run for president, he is also now poised to become the first former…

Salon

The curious psychology of Richard Nixon

The author of "On Nixon's Madness" on how mental illness fuels racism, anti-Semitism and homophobia

Daily Mirror

Donald Trump claims Queen and Princess Diana 'kissed his a**' in private letters

Former president Donald Trump is releasing a new £82 book of private letters sent by a number of celebrities including Clint Eastwood, Richard Nixon along with the members of the royal family

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