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Accountability Arrives for Donald Trump

A man of borderless corruption must prepare to face the consequences.
Source: Damon Winter / The New York Times / Redux

We can’t seem to escape his dark shadow.

Donald Trump has added another shameful chapter in the life of this nation. On Thursday he became the first ex-president to be indicted, by a New York grand jury investigating alleged hush-money payments to a porn star.

The wisdom of the indictment depends in large part on the facts

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