He former US president and Republican candidate to the White House, Donald Trumpdeclared this Thursday not guilty of the charges brought against him in the new accusation for the case of Capitol assault January 2021 and his attempts to reverse the results of previous presidential elections.
The New York tycoon made this statement through his lawyers, after having announced on Tuesday that he took advantage of his right to not being present at the reading of the charges in it District Court of Columbiain Washington DC.
He special prosecutor in charge of the investigation into Trump in the case of the assault on the Capitol, Jack Smithfiled a new indictment on August 27, maintaining the four previous charges against him, including that of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceedingbut lowering the allegations to conform to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the immunity of his acts as a representative.
He July 1stthe Supreme Court granted Trump partial immunity. It concluded that “a former president is entitled to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his constitutional authority,” but established that “there is no immunity for unofficial acts.”
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This Thursday’s hearing was the first that brought together the prosecution and the defense following that ruling.
He day of the assault on the CapitolOn January 6, 2021, about 10,000 people – mostly Trump supporters – marched to the headquarters of Congress and About 800 broke into the building while the certification was being made Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in those elections. There were five dead and about 140 officers injured.