Published: 11:03pm, 5 Sep 2024Updated: 11:35pm, 5 Sep 2024
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges in a revised federal indictment accusing the former US president of attempting to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.
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Trump’s lawyers entered the plea on his behalf at the start of a court hearing in Washington focused on how the case should proceed after the US Supreme Court ruled that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution.
Trump, the Republican candidate in the November 5 presidential election, is not attending the hearing.
The new indictment, brought in August, included the same four charges as the one obtained last year by Special Counsel Jack Smith, but dropped allegations the Supreme Court found could not remain part of the case.
