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Donald Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election interference case
In a written statement, the former president pleaded not guilty in the Georgia election interference case, one of four criminal cases against him.
Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in his Georgia, election interference case; the same in which he is accused of conspiring to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections in which Joe Bieden took away his re-election.
According to a written statement presented by his lawyers before the Georgia courts this morning, the former leader of the White House proclaimed himself innocent of all the charges against him.
“As evidenced by my signature below, I do hereby waive formal arraignment and enter my plea of NOT GUILTY to the Indictment in this case,” Trump said in a court filing in Fulton County Superior Court.
In addition, they indicated that the former president will not be present at the arraignment, scheduled for next Wednesday.
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What is Trump charged with?
The former president and 18 co-defendants face more than 40 criminal charges. Specifically, Donald Trump has 13, which include:
- Violation of the Georgia RICO Act
- 3 counts of solicitation of oath violation by a public official
- Conspiracy to commit impersonation of a public official
- 2 counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree forgery
- 2 counts of conspiracy to commit false statements and writings
- Conspiracy to commit filing of false documents
- Filing false documents
- 2 counts of 2 counts of false statements and writings
The most serious charge is violation of the RICO Act, which is charged with prosecuting criminal organizations that engage in patterns of organized crime.
All of Trump’s arrests
The Georgia indictment marks the fourth consecutive arrest of Donald Trump so far this year.
The first was in April for the Stormy Daniels case; while the second was in June for the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case and the third in Washington on charges related to efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election.