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FACTBOX-Visits to Ireland by U.S. presidents

Joe Biden will become the eighth sitting U.S. president to visit Ireland this week. Many of his predecessors have also sought out their Irish roots, sometimes to be greeted by cheering crowds, and occasionally by protests.

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Commentary: New York’s indictment of Donald Trump is the wrong set of charges at the wrong time

With significant fanfare, Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday in a New York City courtroom on charges relating to hush money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels. The former president is, of course, no stranger to controversy, which has been his calling card since he premiered on the political…

Chicago Tribune

Expert: This is what Founders intended

A closer look at American history shows that the indictment of a former president was not unforeseen

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Sad day for Trump, good day for America

It may have been sad for Donald Trump — but it was good for America

Salon

Trump’s indictment is unprecedented, but it would not have surprised the Founding Fathers

Much has been made of the unprecedented nature of the April 4, 2023 arraignment on criminal charges of former President Donald Trump following an indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. But a closer look at American history shows that the indictment of a former president was not unforeseen.

The Conversation

A history of U.S. presidents and hush money payments

The term hush money dates back centuries, and it's been applied to various scandals involving presidents for nearly as long as the U.S. has been a country.

WEKU

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

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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.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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

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.

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Salon

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

Tribune News Service

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.

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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.

Salon

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

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Chicago Tribune

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.

The Independent UK

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

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

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

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