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Quick Take: the Trials of Caecus, Ancient Rome's Donald Trump

Quick Take: the Trials of Caecus, Ancient Rome's Donald Trump

The Roman past can tell us something about the American future

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May 31, 2024
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You may know that Donald Trump will likely become the first American to run for president as a felon, after a 12-person jury found him guilty of 34 charges of falsifying business records.

As my colleagues in the Wall Street Journal (where I spent 13 wonderful years) explain here, the big questions now are Trump’s potential sentence and whether he can ov…

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