Former US President Donald Trump mentioned in a courtroom submitting on Tuesday that he would plead not responsible to prison prices in a revised indictment that accuses him of attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Trump, the Republican candidate for the November 5 presidential election, waived his proper to look in courtroom and as a substitute licensed his attorneys to enter the plea.
The revised indictment, obtained final week by particular counsel Jack Smith, contains the identical 4 counts that prosecutors introduced in opposition to Trump final 12 months. He’s accused of trying to defraud the USA, obstructing Congress’ certification of the election and depriving voters of their proper to a good vote.
The brand new indictment dropped and reworded sure allegations after the U.S. Supreme Court docket dominated that Trump has broad immunity from prison prosecution for official actions he took as president.
Donald Trump appeared in federal courtroom in Washington in August 2023 to plead not responsible to the costs within the preliminary indictment.
Prosecutors and Trump’s attorneys are scheduled to look in courtroom Thursday to find out subsequent steps following the Supreme Court docket’s immunity ruling.
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