It actually happened. Trump was federally indicted, arrested, fingerprinted, and arraigned.

But this is only the beginning of the legal "firsts" to expect with this case, which has huge constitutional implications.

Progressive critics of Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke too soon. His appointee, Special Counsel Jack Smith, actually did it. He indicted Donald J. Trump.

I was part of the live coverage team with Diane Macedo and Aaron Katersky for ABC News Live.

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A lot of people didn’t expect Trump would ever be indicted (including, no doubt, the former president…