Republican leaders have likened former President Donald Trump's indictment to something out of a 'banana republic' or a 'third-world country.' PolitiFact examined how countries across the globe have brought criminal offenses against their leaders.
"I watch it happen all the time in the Third World and in developing countries," U.S. Sen Marco Rubio"NEW YORK IS A BANANA REPUBLIC!""This is what happens in communist countries, not the United States of America," U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said at an April 4 protest in New York City opposing the arraignment.
The claim that governmental leaders facing criminal charges are more common in other countries is accurate. But these incidents are not exclusive to underdeveloped nations. PolitiFact examined what the modern process of bringing criminal offenses against one’s leaders looks like elsewhere. Here's a roundup of some of the precedents.
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