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Donald Trump arraignment: US history or just another day in court?

Hundreds of members of the news media are standing in front of Manhattan’s Criminal Courts Building on Tuesday, cordoned off in gated pens, waiting for Donald Trump. 

Some have waited in a sidewalk queue since early afternoon on Monday, spending the night to get a spot inside to witness the former president’s day in court. After all, this is a historic moment, we say. No U.S. president has ever been formally charged with a criminal act, and we are here to witness and report this moment in history.

Nearly eight years ago, the real estate mogul from Queens upended American politics, as well as political journalism, when he announced

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