The former president officially entered a not guilty plea to a reworked indictment brought by federal prosecutors in Washington.
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday entered a not guilty plea to charges contained in a revised indictment brought by federal prosecutors that alleged he tried to overturn the 2020 election. The judge said she wouldn’t set a trial date yet.
Trump did not make an appearance at the court proceeding. Through his team of lawyers, he pleaded not guilty in a Washington federal courthouse as U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan held a status hearing in the case, more than a week after a grand jury returned a reworked indictment against the former president.
The special counsel, Jack Smith, previously argued that all the allegations in the indictment are not covered by the U.S. Supreme Court’s immunity ruling and that the case can proceed to trial.
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