Former President Donald Trump traveled to a Washington courthouse Thursday and pleaded not guilty to four criminal charges in a case connected to his push to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The 77-year-old politician entered the plea, which was expected, during a brief hearing before federal Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya with a few dozen members of the public and press looking on inside. John L. “Jack” Smith, the special counsel leading the probes in Washington and Florida, was in the courtroom for Trump’s plea but did not speak.
Upadhyaya read the four charges against Trump, advised him of his rights and warned him against interfering with a witness or potential jurors.
