Legal accountability
Presidential legal accountability, Clinton to present
Five metrics from institutional records, courts, Congress, and dockets, each now its own chart, ordered here by comparative fairness. Statuses current as of August 20, 2026, including appellate outcomes. Every definitional choice and known bias is printed on the chart it affects.
Adjudicated personal legal liability
Criminal convictions and civil court findings against the president personally, the fairest metric, near-zero baseline by the office's history.
View chart →Officials criminally convicted
Senior administration and campaign figures convicted or pleading guilty, on a consistent seniority bar.
View chart →Government shutdown days
A disputeless day-count of appropriations lapses, each bar annotated with who controlled Congress.
View chart →Sexual misconduct allegations
On-record accusations (gray) with the single jury-adjudicated finding (accent) broken out.
View chart →Business, charity & corporate findings
A lifetime record of court and regulator outcomes, with an empty comparison set for non-businessmen presidents.
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