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Former US president Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty before an Indian-American judge to the charges accusing him of orchestrating a criminal conspiracy to remain in power despite losing the November 2020 election.
It was Trump’s third court appearance in four months.
Appearing in a federal courthouse in downtown Washington DC, Trump entered the not guilty plea before Indian-American judge Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya. Trump, who is seeking to contest the 2024 presidential election, arrived at the courthouse in a motorcade after he flew in from Bedminster in New Jersey.
“As to counts one to four, how does Mr Trump plead?” Judge Upadhyaya asked the former president in the courtroom. Trump, flanked by his lawyers, said: “Not guilty.” The judge told Trump that he would be released but there are certain conditions that he has to abide by and appear in the court as and when required. Trump’s next scheduled appearance is on August 28 before US District Judge Tanya Chutkan. But he has the option not to appear in person.
#WATCH | Washington, DC: Former US President Donald Trump leaves from DC federal courthouse
Former President Trump pleaded not guilty in federal court to four criminal counts charging him with plotting to overturn his 2020 US presidential election loss. pic.twitter.com/vjJXmmzVgo
— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2023
Trump, appeared at the courthouse that sits just blocks away from the Capitol, where his angry supporters stormed the US Congress on January 6, 2021.
