{"id":5270,"date":"2023-08-31T14:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:55:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:55:47","slug":"just-in-trump-wont-appear-for-arraignment-enters-not-guilty-plea-in-georgia-rico-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5270","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Trump Won\u2019t Appear For Arraignment, Enters \u201cNot Guilty\u201d Plea in Georgia RICO Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-mugshot-1.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/trump-mugshot-1.jpg\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump waived his arraignment and entered a \u201cnot guilty\u201d plea to the 13 RICO and conspiracy felony counts related to his efforts to challenge the 2020 election in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other co-defendants in the RICO case filed similar waivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have discussed the charges in the Indictment and this Waiver of Appearance at Arraignment with my attorney Steven H, Sadow, and I fully understand the nature of the offenses charged and my right to appear at arraignment,\u201d Trump said in a filing on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CBS News\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-not-guilty-plea-fulton-county-wont-appear-for-arraignment\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Former President Donald Trump has entered a not guilty plea to 13 Georgia felony counts related to an alleged scheme to overturn the state\u2019s 2020 presidential election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">An attorney for Trump filed a waiver of arraignment in a Fulton County court Thursday. Several others among Trump\u2019s 18 co-defendants in the case have also filed similar waivers and entered not guilty pleas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">\u201cAs evidenced by my signature below, I do hereby waive formal arraignment and enter my plea of NOT GUILTY to the indictment in this case,\u201d reads the filing signed by Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Most defendants given the option to waive arraignment do so, according to Brian Tevis, an Atlanta attorney who represents Trump\u2019s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month a Fulton County grand jury returned a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/08\/developing-trump-indictment-watch-reporters-swarm-fulton-county\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;41-count indictment<\/a>&nbsp;which included RICO and conspiracy charges against Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are 30 unindicted co-conspirators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s lawyers Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman and others were also indicted and booked at the Fulton County jail.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/107292236-1692983345077-2023-08-25T165958Z_1218569410_RC2RT2AF83PC_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-GEORGIA-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1005757\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/107292236-1692983345077-2023-08-25T165958Z_1218569410_RC2RT2AF83PC_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-GEORGIA-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1005757\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/08\/just-trump-wont-appear-arraignment-enters-not-guilty\/\">https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/08\/just-trump-wont-appear-arraignment-enters-not-guilty\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump waived his arraignment and entered a \u201cnot guilty\u201d plea to the 13 RICO and conspiracy felony counts related to his efforts to challenge the 2020 election in Georgia. Other co-defendants in the RICO case filed similar waivers. \u201cI have discussed the charges in the Indictment and this Waiver of Appearance at Arraignment with my attorney Steven H, Sadow, and I fully understand the nature of the offenses charged and my right to appear at arraignment,\u201d Trump said in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5271,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270\/revisions\/5271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}