Jeffrey Donaldson
Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson is a Northern Irish former politician, who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2021 to 2024 and leader of the DUP in the UK House of Commons from 2019 to 2024. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lagan Valley from 1997 to 2024.
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The former DUP leader is on trial for 18 sex abuse charges including rape, with a pastor testifying it was obvious who the alleged abuser was.
Centrists following transatlantic politics view the Donaldson trial as a significant institutional accountability moment for a party that positioned itself on moral and traditional values.