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Trump is facing various criminal charges – here's what we can learn from legal cases against Nixon and Clinton

  • Written by Kirsten Matoy Carlson, Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageDonald Trump waves to people during a New Year's event at his Mar-a-Lago home in December 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A Georgia special grand jury has finished its work investigating whether former president Donald Trump and his allies committed crimes when trying to overturn the 2020 election results.

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