Less than a year after taking office, he was involved in another criminal investigation case involving multiple crimes. On the eve of the 2016 election, he was dealing with New York state, plus a class action lawsuit. Two decades later, he was tangled in another federal case with more than 100 charges. Trump first appeared on the national stage in the middle of a Justice Department investigation in 1973.

Because if there’s anything that we know about Donald Trump, it’s that “crime” might as well be his middle name. On the one hand, they’re right: It’s unusual for a former resident of the White House to be facing charges that could potentially end with years in prison. Even before the charges were officially read, Republicans were in high dudgeon, screaming about the unfairness of it all and the unprecedented nature of these charges.

On April 4, Donald Trump was indicted and charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.