This blog is closed; thank you for joining us. These were the updates about former United States President Donald Trump’s arraignment on 2020 election interference charges from Thursday, August 3.
- Trump has pleaded not guilty to federal charges related to his effort to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.
- The former president heard the four charges against him during a brief arraignment hearing in federal court in Washington, DC.
- Trump, a leading Republican, has denied any wrongdoing and said he is the victim of a political “witch hunt”.
- The case is the third criminal indictment filed since March against Trump, who remains the frontrunner in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race.