Trump has already faced an indictment. This period is unique, according to historians.
It was the first time in American history that a president or past president had been charged with a crime when Donald Trump was indicted in Manhattan in March.
Trump experienced it on Tuesday for the third time in just over four months, and before the summer is up, he might be charged with even more offenses.
According to legal experts and historians, the latest charge, which was presented by federal special prosecutor Jack Smith, is essentially more serious than the earlier ones, which focused on hush money given to an adult film actress and the improper handling of confidential documents.
Despite the gravity of those accusations, a former US president is charged in an indictment released on Tuesday with trying to undermine the democratic system that the country is based on. The accusations against Trump, who is once again running for president, present an exceptional test for the rule of law, according to experts.
A curator of political history at the National Museum of American History, remarked, “This gets right to the question of how elections work, how power is transferred peacefully.” “The functioning of American democracy is really the subject of this question,”
Harvard University legal professor remarked, “The crimes indicted are an order of magnitude beyond anything that has been committed against this country by any American citizen, let alone a former president.”
The process of a peaceful and legal transfer of power, which is fundamental to maintaining democratic governance, is under attack, according to the professor, who taught Barack Obama and provided advice for both his presidential campaign and administration.
The 45-page indictment against Trump accuses him of attempting to overturn the outcome of an election he lost, in part by encouraging the disturbance at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The indictment also details his attempts to thwart a peaceful transfer of power, which has long been admired, desired, and frequently absent in other countries throughout the world.
