The former president of the United States Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that he led a conspiracy to reverse his 2020 election loss in the southern state of Georgia.
The frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination, who faces 13 charges, including racketeering, pleaded in a court document waiving his right to appear at a arraignment scheduled for Wednesday next week.
Trump, 77, turned himself in last week to Fulton County Jail in Georgia’s capital Atlanta, becoming the first former US president to be photographed in a mug shot (number “PO1135809”).
When Trump was released on $200,000 bail, he was charged with conspiring with 18 other people in an attempt to reverse his Georgia loss to Joe Biden.
The tycoon, who lost by just 12,000 votes in that state, has faced four criminal charges since April and will have to combine multiple court hearings during a new presidential campaign.
Separated from 18 other cases
Trump is asking that his case be tried separately by co-defendants who have requested a speedy trial, including Kenneth Chesebro, a campaign attorney who will appear before a jury in October.
Fulton County prosecutors want all hearings to begin in October.
Trump’s arrest in Georgia came a day after he refused to attend a televised debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, involving eight of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, who were trailing him in the polls. During the debate, six candidates said they would support him as a party candidate even if he were convicted.
Lawsuit for “ill-gotten savings”
A federal judge in Washington has set the start of his conspiracy trial for Monday, March 4, 2024, the eve of “Super Tuesday,” when more than a dozen states will choose between him and one of his rivals for the Republican presidential nominee.
“Setting a date for the trial does not depend on the professional commitments of the defendant, so Mr. Trump will have to pass the date,” U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan said at the hearing.
Trump also faces other lawsuits and was accused on Wednesday by New York State Attorney General Letitia James of overvaluing his assets by billions of dollars each year between 2011 and 2021.
In documents filed in support of an ongoing $250 million civil lawsuit against the former president, the prosecution alleged that Trump and his associates submitted “highly inflated” numbers to banks and insurers “to offer loans and insurance on more favorable terms.” guarantee and maintain.”
The plan resulted in “hundreds of millions of dollars in savings and ill-gotten gains,” they noted.
The process for that alleged crime will begin on October 2, with a preliminary hearing set for Sept. 22, though James, a Democrat, wants the court to rule on the case before it goes to trial.
Trump’s presidential campaign reported that it has raised millions of dollars since the mugshot was published thanks to sales of t-shirts, mugs and stickers featuring that image. (JO)
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