How US presidents were persecuted – Mir – Kommersant

April 4, former US President Donald Trump was arrested before being charged with misappropriation of campaign funds. How they tried to persecute US presidents before – in the Kommersant’s note.

IN 1868 17th President of the United States Andrew Johnson dismissed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. Congress considered the decision illegal and for the first time in US history launched the impeachment and prosecution of a president, but there were not enough votes in the Senate for the prosecution.

IN 1872 in Washington 18th President of the United States Ulysses Grant was arrested for speeding on a horse-drawn carriage. He was taken to the police station, where he paid a $20 fine. This case is considered the only one in the history of the United States when the incumbent president was detained by the police and fined.

IN 1923 year, after the death of the 29th President of the United States Warren Harding, his government was found to be corrupt, and some of the officials were arrested and sent to prison. Subsequently, letters were found in which President Harding was accused of extramarital affairs, as well as having illegitimate children.

IN 1974 The House of Representatives decided to start against the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon impeachment procedure. He was accused of involvement in wiretapping at the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex during the presidential election campaign. Richard Nixon resigned before the procedure was launched, becoming the only US president to retire early and voluntarily. New President Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon for all the crimes he might have committed.

IN 1998 around the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton scandal erupted over an intimate relationship with White House employee Monica Lewinsky. He was accused of perjury, impeachment proceedings were launched, but in the end the president was acquitted.

IN 2011 human rights organization Human Rights Watch accused the former US president of George Bush in authorizing the use of torture in American prisons and demanded that an investigation be opened. In 2015, the Malaysian authorities found George W. Bush guilty of the crimes of torturing prisoners during the Iraq War.

IN 2019 and 2021 45th President of the United States Donald Trump twice faced impeachment proceedings. The first time he was accused of exerting pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for personal and political interests, and the second time he was accused of inciting a sedition that led to the storming of the Capitol after the presidential election. Both attempts to remove the head of state were unsuccessful.

IN May 2022 Missouri and Louisiana Attorneys Sue the 46th President of the United States Joe Biden and a number of other senior officials. They were accused of colluding with major social networks to “censor and suppress free speech”. According to the plaintiffs, the President and other officials “under the pretext of combating disinformation” worked with Twitter, YouTube and Meta (recognized as an extremist organization in the Russian Federation) to censor topics such as the case of Biden’s son, the origin of the coronavirus and mail-in voting.