Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges of orchestrating a plot to overturn his 2020 election loss - in what prosecutors call an effort to undermine American democracy. 

It’s the third time the former president's pleaded not guilty in a court in four months, and faces federal charges with a possible 20-year jail term attached, while pushing on with hopes of becoming Republican candidate in the 2024 White House race.

Trump once more slammed the legal process as politically-motivated after the short arraignment at a Washington DC court hearing.

It took place half a mile from the Capitol, the building his supporters stormed on 6 January 2021 in a bid to stop Congress from certifying defeat to Joe Biden.

For the latest, The Leader podcast is joined from parliament by Evening Standard deputy political editor Jitendra Joshi.

We discuss legal icebergs ahead, the intersection with campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination and how a Trump re-match against Biden could shape up.

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