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Hugo Lowell

Donald Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election racketeering case

Donald Trump has now pleaded not guilty to criminal charges four times in the last four months.
Donald Trump has now pleaded not guilty to criminal charges four times in the last four months. Photograph: Sergio Flores/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges that he conspired and engaged in racketeering activity to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia, according to a court filing submitted by his lawyer in superior court in Atlanta.

The former president also attested in the filing that he would waive his arraignment – the formal reading of the indictment handed up by a jury this month – meaning he will not need to appear for that proceeding next week.

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