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In photos: Presidential scandals that gripped the country

Keith Dunlap, Digital Content Team, Graham Media Group

Tags: Politics, President Trump, President Clinton, President Nixon, President Kennedy, National
Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Trump will surrender in Manhattan on Tuesday to face criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston) (Bryan Woolston, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Much of the country’s attention on Tuesday was on former President Donald Trump’s arraignment in New York City after he was indicted on 34 criminal charges.

But Trump isn’t the only president to be embroiled in a scandal or controversy.

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Below are photos of Trump and also scandals involving President Richard Nixon’s resignation, President Bill Clinton’s admitted affair with Monica Lewinsky and President John F. Kennedy dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Trump’s indictment

Former president Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Monday, April 3, 2023. Trump is expected to be booked and arraigned on Tuesday on charges arising from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston) (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Nixon’s resignation

Clinton/Lewinsky scandal

Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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