InthelongspanofAmericanhistory,DonaldTrumpisthefirstformerpresidenttofacecriminalindictment.Heisthesubjectofaseriesofexplosivechargesacrossfourcases:theJanuary6casebroughtbySpecialCounselJackSmith;theelectioninterferencecaseinGeorgia;theclassifieddocumentscasealsobroughtbySpecialCounselJackSmith;andthe“hushmoney“caseinNewYork.TheTrumpIndictmentsincludes:-Anintroductionofferinghistoricalbackgroundandinternationalcomparisonsforcriminalchargesagainstaformerpoliticalleader.-Thefourindictmentswithannotationsthroughout,includinginsidernotesfromaneminentscholar(Murray)andaformerfederalprosecutor(Weissmann).-Acastofcharacters,fromTrumpandhisallegedco-conspiratorstonotableProudBoysandOathKeeperswhofaceprisonsentencesasaresultofrelatedJanuary6cases.-Atimelinethatbringstogetherinoneplacethecriticaleventsthatledtothefourindictments.Anecessaryhandbookforanyonefollowingthetrialsin2024,TheTrumpIndictmentswillendureasanindispensablerecordofademocracyatthecrossroads.
