Former President Donald Trump pleaded ‘not guilty’ in federal court to all four federal charges connected to Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into 2020 election interference and the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
The next hearing in this case is set for August 28th.
This is the third indictment in four months for Trump, the GOP frontrunner in the 2024 race. He's been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
US Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhaya presided over today's arraignment. Judge Tanya Chutkan will preside over the trial. Chutkan, a former assistant public defender before her appointment to the bench by President Barack Obama, has handled several cases involving individuals who entered the Capitol on January 6.
Trump and his legal team are trying to get the venue for this case changed.
On Truth Social, Trump said, "IMPOSSIBLE to get a fair trial in Washington, D.C., which is over 95% anti-Trump, & for which I have called for a Federal TAKEOVER in order to bring our Capital back to Greatness," Trump posted. "It is now a high crime embarrassment to our Nation and, indeed, the World. This Indictment is all about Election Interference!!!"
Trump has been indicted in New York on a case involving payments to Stormy Daniels, and the Mar-A-Lago documents case. He also faces possible indictment in Georgia over the 2020 election.