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Which US president was the first to be arrested and face criminal charges? 

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Which US president was the first to be arrested and face criminal charges? 

Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury in New York County on Mar. 30, 2023, on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges stem from a hush-money payment his former fixer, Michael D. Cohen, paid to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Trump was arrested on Apr. 4, 2023, at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and flown to New York City by federal marshals. He pleaded not guilty and was released without posting bail. His next court date is Dec. 4. The judge, Juan M. Merchan, warned Trump’s defense to refrain from statements that incite civil unrest. This relates to Trump’s recent social media posts that threatened “death and destruction” if he was charged and used racist language and images against the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg. Trump is a candidate for the US presidency in 2024._x000D_Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon after he resigned in 1974. The Senate acquitted Andrew Johnson of impeachment in 1868 and Clinton in 1998. However, Clinton was barred from practicing law in Arkansas and before the Supreme Court. Neither of them was ever arrested.

Extra questions & answers

  1. Which former US president made history by being the first to face federal charges?
  2. After his indictment for tax fraud and spilling state secrets, what is the next legal trouble former President Donald Trump faces?
  3. Amid the New York fraud trial, how did Donald Trump describe his financial statements under scrutiny?
  4. Huma Abedin had been an aide to which politician in the past 25 years?