Nonilex#Trump entered a #plea of not guilty Thurs to charges alleging he participated in a vast #criminal #conspiracy to overturn his #2020election loss in #Georgia & waived his right to an in-person #arraignment #hearing in the matter, acc/to a new #CourtFiling from his #attorney in the #FultonCounty #ElectionInterference case.
The written #plea was filed Thurs by #SteveSadow, an #Atlanta #criminal #defense #attorney who was tapped Aug 24 to lead TFG’s #Georgia-based #legal team. The #CourtFiling means #Trump won’t return to ATL on Wed, where #FultonCounty Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee… has scheduled a series of #arraignment #hearings for Trump & the 18 #CoDefendants in the sprawling criminal #racketeering case.
#conspiracy #2020election #ElectionInterference #ElectionObstruction #RICO #law #legal #fraud
…#Sadow has said he will file a motion to #dismiss the charges & move to #sever #Trump’s case from other co-defendants, including… Kenneth #Chesebro, who are seeking a #SpeedyTrial in the matter.
Last wk, McAfee approved an Oct 23 #TrialDate for Chesebro, though #Willis has argued she wants to try all 19 defendants, incl’g Trump, on that date.
Trump is also expected to follow… #MarkMeadows in seeking to move his case from state to #FederalCourt.
#MarkMeadows spent >4 hrs #testifying on Mon before US Dist Court Judge Steve C. Jones, who is considering #Meadows’ petition to move his case to #FederalCourt, where he will then seek to #dismiss charges.
…But #prosecutors argued Meadows’ post-election efforts, incl’g a visit to a suburban #Atlanta ballot processing center & arranging the now-infamous Jan 2, 2021, phone call between #Trump & #Georgia SOS #Raffensperger #violated the federal #HatchAct,
(The #HatchAct) …prohibits govt ofcls from using their ofcl roles to #influence an #election. They say #Meadows saw “no distinction” between his WH work & the #Trump campaign & have pressed Jones to deny Meadows’ petition — an outcome which could have sweeping effect on other current & future #removal requests in the case, incl’g Trump’s expected petition.
#conspiracy #2020election #ElectionInterference #ElectionObstruction #RICO #law #legal #fraud