Persecution’: Watch Trump’s reaction after leaving DC court after arrest
Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in court on Thursday after being arrested and arraigned for conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the latest in his third – and potentially most serious – criminal case.
The former president was indicted Monday on four charges as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the alleged conspiracy and the 6 January Capitol riot. The indictment also described six unnamed co-conspirators, though observers have credibly guessed most of their identities.
The former president has railed against the indictment, calling for the “fake” case to be moved out of Washington DC where he claims it is “IMPOSSIBLE to get a fair trial”.
The case has been assigned to US district judge Tanya Chutkan, a Barack Obama appointee. The next hearing is scheduled for 28 August.
Read Trump’s full indictment from the January 6 grand jury
DeSantis says DC jury would ‘convict a ham sandwich’ if it was Republican
Ron DeSantis responded to Donald Trump’s third indictment by claiming that a Washington DC jury “would convict a ham sandwich if it was a Republican ham sandwich”. The Florida governor went on to say that “Americans need to be able to remove cases out of DC” before hitting out at Hunter Biden. “I think the juries are stacked, I think that they’re going to want to convict people that they disagree with,” Mr DeSantis said. “Or at a minimum, you should be able to draw a jury pool from across the entire country.” Like this comment
Oliver O’Connell4 August 2023 05:01
Trump appears to stumble over his name and age at arraignment
Donald Trump appeared to stumble over his words when he was asked to state his full name and age at his arraignment on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
Mr Trump arrived at the E Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse in Washington DC on Thursday where he pleaded not guilty to four criminal counts of an alleged election hoax conspiracy that led to the Capitol riots.
Mr Trump, dressed in his trademark navy blue suit and red tie, entered the courtroom at 3.51pm accompanied by John Lauro, a veteran Washington-based criminal defence attorney, and Todd Blanche, the New York-based lawyer who is leading his defence in the other criminal cases against him.
Andrew Feinberg and Bevan Hurley report.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar4 August 2023 04:40
Trump 2024 campaign selling $47 T-shirts marking indictment
Within two hours after he was criminally charged for his failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, a political action committee connected to Donald Trump’s campaign sent out two fundraising emails to supporters.
One message – sent from the “Official Trump Store” – advertises a “limited-edition” commemorative “I Stand with Trump” T-shirt that includes the date of the latest indictment against him.
Oliver O’Connell4 August 2023 04:15
GOP senator who voted for Trump’s impeachment says he ‘played a key role in instigating the riot’
One of the few Republican senators who voted to convict former president Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial for his role in the January 6 riot, said that the latest indictment showed the former president played an “active role” in instigating the chaos.
Oliver O’Connell4 August 2023 03:30
Analysis: A stress test of Biden’s focus on safeguarding democracy
After two previous indictments, the novelty of prosecuting a former president may have worn off. But the latest criminal charges against Donald Trump represent an unprecedented stress test for the American political system.
Oliver O’Connell4 August 2023 02:45
Explained: Trump, January 6 and a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election
Alex Woodward reports how a sprawling Justice Department probe into the former president and his allies yielded four criminal charges in a stunning indictment outlining a path to power at whatever cost.
Oliver O’Connell4 August 2023 02:00
DeSantis slammed for using ‘dangerous language’ on the campaign trail
While campaigning in New Hampshire over the weekend, Mr DeSantis spoke to a group of supporters in the backyard of former Massachusettes Senator Scott Brown who hosted a barbecue for Mr DeSantis.
While there, the Florida governor addressed how he would handle problems that he sees in the federal government.
Ariana Baio reports on what he said.
Oliver O’Connell4 August 2023 01:40
Poll: Massive majority of GOP voters don’t believe Biden is a legitimate president
Nearly 70 per cent of Republicans believe that President Joe Biden is not a legitimately elected president, according to a new CNN poll.
The survey showed that 69 per cent of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters do not think Mr Biden is a legitimately elected president, up six points from earlier this year. This comes despite the fact that no evidence of significant voter fraud has proven that Mr Biden’s election was anything other than legitimate.
Oliver O’Connell4 August 2023 01:20
Trump lawyer Alina Habba rants about Hunter Biden’s laptop as arraignment gets underway
A lawyer for former President Donald Trump, Alina Habba, attempted to deflect the news cycle to focus on Hunter Biden as her client was about to be arraigned earlier this afternoon.
Kelly Rissman reports on what she said outside the DC federal courthouse where the former president appeared this afternoon.
Oliver O’Connell4 August 2023 01:00
Dramatic courtroom sketch shows Trump arraignment
It was a scene both unprecedented and, in a wild year, increasingly familiar: Donald Trump arriving in a courtroom to enter a plea on serious charges of misconduct.
On Thursday, he appeared at the E Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, where he pleaded not guilty to four charges accusing him and conspirators of attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
A courtroom sketch depicts Donald Trump appearing in Washington, DC, on 3 August, where the former president pleaded not guilty to four charges from a grand jury empaneled by the special counsel’s office, which accused Mr Trump of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election
(William Hennesee / pool)
Read more about the plea and the special counsel investigation that launched it with this report from Andrew Feinberg and Alex Woodward.
Trump pleads not guilty
A four-count federal indictment accuses the former president of conspiring to overturn election results
Josh Marcus4 August 2023 00:30