The nation has entered uncharted waters: Four times in four months, in four different courtrooms, former President Donald Trump has been accused of committing crimes. It’s the first time in American history that a U.S. president—current or former—has faced criminal charges.
To make matters even more historic, Trump is also running for president again in 2024 and is the current front-runner for the Republican nomination.
“We’ve never had a situation like this,” says Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. “It’s like watching four-dimensional chess.”
Here are five things you need to know to make sense of the Trump indictments and what they might mean for the next presidential election.
The nation has entered uncharted waters. Four times in four months and in four different courtrooms, former President Donald Trump has been accused of committing crimes. It’s the first time in American history that a U.S. president has faced criminal charges.
To make matters even more historic, Trump is also running for president again in 2024. He is the current front-runner for the Republican nomination.
“We’ve never had a situation like this,” says Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Jamieson is the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. “It’s like watching four-dimensional chess.”
Here are five things you need to know to make sense of the Trump indictments.