Former US Prez Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Election Conspiracy – News18
Curated By: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Last Updated: August 04, 2023, 06:50 IST
Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
Former US President Trump takes an oath before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya during his plea hearing on charges that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss, at federal court in Washington, US. (Image: Reuters)
Trump pleaded ‘not guilty’ to charges of election conspiracy at Judge Moxila Upadhyaya’s court on Tuesday.
Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to criminal charges accusing him of conspiring to overturn the 2020 US Presidential election results and defraud American citizens, news agency AFP reported.
Judge Moxila Upadhyaya read the four criminal counts and the potential maximum jail sentences Trump could be facing in the 45-page indictment brought forth by special counsel Jack Smith. Trump responded by saying, “Not guilty”.
The courtroom proceedings took place in the same courthouse where hundreds of supporters of the former president were convicted for their roles in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. The hearings went for nearly 30-minutes.
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