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April 4: Former US president Donald Trump turned himself in Tuesday for a historic New York court hearing held amid tight security and a global media frenzy. According to AFP, the Republican billionaire became the first American president in history to face criminal charges.

The hearing marks a watershed moment for the US criminal and political system, with the potential to upend the 2024 White House race in which Trump is currently the presumptive Republican nominee, added the news agency.

The 76-year-old is expected to plead not guilty to a host of charges related to hush money paid to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election that brought him to power, AFP further reported.

Meanwhile, the BBC reported that Trump was under arrest after arriving at court. Further details were not available by the time this news was prepared.