It was a familiar scene of American white-collar justice: a stern-faced defendant seated between high-priced lawyers in a Manhattan courtroom.
But in this case, it was extraordinary. The defendant was Donald Trump. When he pleaded not guilty just before 3pm in New York on Tuesday, the 45th US president became the first holder of that office to answer criminal charges.
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