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Former US President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a Georgia criminal indictment, wherein he is accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The former president has requested the court for a separate trial from some of his 18 co-defendants.
Fulton County indicted Trump in August on 13 felony counts, which included pressuring state officials to reverse his 2020 election loss in the state, racketeering, and allegedly setting up a fake panel of electors to undermine the congressional certification of Democratic President Joe Biden’s victory.
“As evidence by my signature below, I do hereby waive formal arraignment and enter my plea of NOT GUILTY to the Indictment in this case,” stated Trump in a court filing in Fulton County Superior Court.