Prosecutors in New York have opened a criminal investigation into Donald Trump's real estate empire. The former president says the business dealings being scrutinised were all above board. But the case still raises the unprecedented prospect of a US leader going on trial, and possibly facing jail time. Paolo Montecillo reports. We spoke to Scott Lucas in Birmingham in the UK. He's a professor of international politics at the University of Birmingham.

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