Opinion

How Trump’s Legal Jeopardy Will Test American Democracy

FIFTH AVENUE

Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign for the White House is about to collide with an 1892 Supreme Court decision and a federal criminal trial rule.

David Cay Johnston
David Cay Johnston
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David Cay Johnston

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