While the former American president is charged with attempted manipulation during the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday. This is the fourth criminal case in which the tycoon is being prosecuted, who is running for the White House again and remains the favorite for the Republican primaries.
Former US President Donald Trump, charged with attempting to reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia, has pleaded not guilty, according to a court document filed Thursday. This is the fourth criminal case in which the tycoon is being prosecuted, who is running for the White House again and remains the favorite for the Republican primaries.
Donald Trump and 18 other people, including his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani, were charged in mid-August with unlawful attempts to reverse the result of the 2020 election, won in this key state by the current Democratic president. Joe Biden.
Sentences of 5 to 20 years in prison
The law on organized crime, used by the prosecutor in this case, provides for sentences of five to twenty years in prison. In this case, Donald Trump had to go last week to an Atlanta prison to be put on file, a first for a former American president. He was subjected to a photo identification forensic before quickly leaving.
The septuagenarian is also accused in New York of suspicious payments to a former X-film actress, and by federal justice of electoral pressure during the 2020 presidential election as well as of negligent management of confidential documents after his departure from the White House. The former president has pleaded not guilty in all of these cases.