Trump would be the first president in American historical past who can be sworn in after having been impeached. Twice. Trump was impeached for his plot to make use of the powers of the presidency to strain Ukraine into smearing President Joe Biden. Later, Trump was impeached for his function in whipping up his supporters to assault the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump may also be the primary inaugurated U.S. president with two federal indictments underneath his belt. He has been indicted for trying to intervene within the electoral course of within the 2020 election following his defeat towards Biden. Trump was additionally indicted for improperly taking labeled paperwork and retaining them at his Mar-a-Lago property, notably within the lavatory subsequent to the bathroom.
At a extra native stage, Trump’s conviction in New York on 34 felony counts will go along with him into the Oval Workplace. Trump made historical past when he was convicted by a jury of his friends for making an attempt to affect the end result of the 2016 election by way of hush funds to grownup movie star Stormy Daniels.
That presidential first can be paired with Trump’s upcoming sentencing for these convictions—the form of factor even former President Richard Nixon didn’t need to cope with.
Trump may also be the primary president to be discovered liable for sexual abuse. In 2023, a New York jury awarded author E. Jean Carroll $5 million for Trump abusing her in 1996. The jury additionally discovered that Trump had defamed Carroll in repeated public statements personally attacking her and her allegations.
There has by no means been a president sworn in with racketeering prices hanging over their head, however Trump has damaged by way of that barrier. He’s at present going through prices in Georgia associated to his schemes to subvert the 2020 election in that state. The Georgia prosecutor who introduced the case towards Trump, Fani Willis, was reelected on Tuesday evening.
These blots on Trump’s document have been recognized for months and regardless of them—even perhaps due to them—Republicans selected him as their nominee and by no means backpedaled at the same time as extra particulars of his actions turned public.
Now he and the occasion are breaking new floor forward of his second inauguration, however it’s a far cry from breaking the glass ceiling.
