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Trump Pleads “Not Guilty” to Amended Indictment in Election Interference Case

HeadlineSep 04, 2024

Donald Trump entered a “not guilty” plea Tuesday after special counsel Jack Smith filed a revised criminal indictment against Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump also waived the right to be present at his arraignment.

Elsewhere, a federal judge in Manhattan has denied a request by Donald Trump to transfer his New York state criminal case to the federal courts, after rejecting Trump’s claims that Judge Juan Merchan was biased against him. In May, Trump was found guilty of all 34 felony charges of attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election by falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments. He’s still scheduled to be sentenced on September 18.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s campaign has been ordered to stop using the music of the late singer Isaac Hayes at Trump rallies. A judge in Georgia agreed with a lawsuit brought by Hayes’s family, who says the legendary singer would not have approved of Trump’s use of his song, “Hold On, I’m Coming.”

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