D Listers of History

Former President Trump is the first President to be incited in a criminal court, but he is far from the first President to break the law.

There is one story of another President ending up on the wrong side of the law, but how it was handled and remembered is very different.

Further Reading:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/was-general-grant-arrested-for-speeding-in-washington-d-c.htm

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-president-ulysses-s-grant-was-arrested-for-speeding-in-a-horse-drawn-carriage-180981916/

https://nleomf.org/william-west/

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Thank you to April Keez for the use of the songs "Misfit" and "Grow Up" from the Album Mountainview. Find her album on Bandcamp.

Audio drop from: Interview with Mary Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXN_GeAtJvM

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