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Before Trump, which other world leaders were charged or jailed? [View all]
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/4/before-trump-which-other-world-leaders-were-charged-or-jailedDonald 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.
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