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Former President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to charges stemming from his alleged efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss.

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It's Thursday, August 3rd. I'm Amary for Tolly for the Wall Street Journal. This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

Former President Donald Trump has entered a not guilty plea to criminal charges stemming from his widespread efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss.

Trump denies what prosecutors alleged that he is the first US president in the nation's history to commit crimes as he sought to block the peaceful transfer of power to his successor.

Wall Street Journal Justice Department reporter Sadie German was in the courtroom in Washington, DC.

It was a relatively short hearing in a courthouse just steps away from the US Capitol where Trump supporters stormed on January 6, 2021.

Prosecutors said they were fueled by Trump's baseless claims of voter fraud and lies that the election was stolen from him.

So it was a remarkable sight to see Trump returning to this area. There were just a few protesters outside.

I think by the time the hearing actually started, there were a couple hundred, mostly anti-Trump protesters.

And when he left the courthouse, they greeted him with cuss words so there is no love lost for Trump in this area right outside the courthouse here.

The hearing was pretty perfunctory. The magistrate judge read Trump his rights and formally recited the charges for the record.

This is something that happens in every arrangement. Trump said very little except to acknowledge that he understood the case against him.

And to give his age in an odd way, he said he was 77 or 77 years old. And of course to utter the two words that we were expecting him to say today, which were not guilty.

So it was a pretty remarkable day in federal court. The court room was packed with reporters. There were several overflow rooms, some spectators.

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