Former US president and Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trump, He said on Tuesday that will plead not guilty of the charges brought against him in the new indictment for the case of assault on the Capitol in January 2021.
In a court notice to the District of Columbia District Court, he said he is exercising his right not to be present at the arraignment and authorized his attorneys to plead not guilty on his behalf.
The next court date between the prosecution and the defense is scheduled for this coming Thursday.
The special prosecutor in charge of the investigation into Trump In the case of assault on the Capitol, Jack Smith, On August 27, he presented a new record of accusation lowering the allegations to conform to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the immunity of his acts as a representative.
Smith maintained the four previous charges against the New York magnate, including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, but she toned down some allegations about his plans for electoral subversion.
The case has to do with attempts to obstruct the 2020 presidential elections, something that led to the assault on Capitol January 6, 2021.
That day about 10 thousand peoplethe majority Trump supportersmarched to the headquarters of Congress and about 800 stormed the building while the victory of the Democrat Joe Biden in those elections. There were five dead and about 140 officers injured.
July 1st The highest court granted the now ex-president a partial immunity. By a vote of six to three, the progressive judges concluded that “a former president has the right to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his constitutional authority,” but established that “there is no immunity for unofficial acts.”
Smith’s new indictment grew from the original 45 pages to 36, and as he detailed at the time The Washington Posteliminated allegations linked to the efforts of Trump so that the Department of Justice support his claim that there had been electoral fraud.
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In its July decision, the Supreme Court noted that Trump could not face charges related to his exchanges with members of the Department of Justice considering that his interaction with that cabinet was part of the responsibilities of his position.