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    Prosecuting a president is divisive and sometimes destabilizing – here’s why many countries do it anyway

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    Attorney General Merrick Garland addresses the FBI’s recent search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, where classified information was reportedly seized.

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    Menaldo is a professor of political science and co-founder of the Political Economy Forum at the University of Washington. Long associate professor of political science at the University of Washington. Wack is a doctoral student in political science at the University of Washington.

    Criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump and his allies could result from at least one of multiple investigations.

    These include the Aug. 8, 2022, seizure of documents from his Florida home by the FBI, continued progress in a Georgia state investigation into Republican election tampering and the ongoing revelations of evidence presented by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.

    While charging a former president with a criminal offense would be a first in the United States, in other countries ex-leaders are routinely investigated, prosecuted and even jailed.

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