Before Trump, which other world leaders were charged or jailed?

[GregariousGroundhog]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/4/before-trump-which-other-world-leaders-were-charged-or-jailed

Donald Trump on Tuesday will become the first sitting or former US president to appear in court to face criminal charges.

The former leader and current 2024 Republican presidential hopeful was criminally indicted last week in a New York investigation into a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Although the charges are a US first, Trump is by no means the only world leader to face criminal charges.

Here are some of the former leaders who also faced the dock:

Ranging from Moshe Katsav of Israel's conviction in 2011 to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina's conviction just last year, the article lays out a list of 17 other world leaders who were accused of crimes over the last decade or so.

[rsdsharp]

1. Mussolini wasn't charged.

He just went to a gas station, and went heels over head.

[Chainfire]

2. His trial was short and sweet, the partisans reached a quick verdict and carried out the sentence.

Pol Pot was arrested, but died of "natural causes" in prison. I think his heart stopped.

[Farmer-Rick]

3. Augusto Pinochet

A murdering dictator beloved by free traders and neo liberals.

[PortTack]

4. The French president Sarkozy was charged and finally brought to justice recently. Not likely to go

To jail. Currently appealing, but the French are done with him. Journalists say his public life is over.

[irisblue]

5. Citations for the charges against Sarkozy

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-sarkozy-found-guilty-illegally-financing-2012-election-bid-2021-09-30/

snip-"Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of illegal campaign financing
Former president receives a one-year jail sentence
Sarkozy is unlikely to spend time in prison. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy_corruption_trial#:~:text=The%20defendants%20deny%20the%20accusations,years%20in%20jail%20for%20corruption.

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20210930-former-french-president-sarkozy-found-guilty-of-illegal-campaign-financing.


I do not know how the French legal system handled his arrest or charging

[Texasgal]

6. Saddam Hussein

was charged and put to death.

[Bev54]

7. Italian leaders that were convicted of crimes

Silvio Berlusconi.
Alfredo Biondi.
Mario Borghezio.
Umberto Bossi.

[Deep State Witch]

8. Netanyahu

Although that didn't stop him from getting re-elected.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Noriega, Panama