Former President Donald Trump to make third court appearance as a criminal defendant on Thursday. Trump is due in court Thursday at 4 p.m ET before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington for the charges he faces related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Associated Press has the story:
Trump to appear in court as a criminal defendant on Thurs.
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Former President Donald Trump to make third court appearance as a criminal defendant on Thursday.
For the third time, Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in a courtroom as a criminal defendant. Trump is due in court Thursday at 4 p.m ET before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington for the charges he faces related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Trump faces four counts of conspiracy in the indictment released Tuesday, including “conspiracy to defraud” the United States.
In April, Trump appeared in a New York state courtroom to plead not guilty to 34 charges in a hush money scheme stemming from the 2016 election.
In June, he appeared in federal court in Florida to plead not guilty to 37 charges that he illegally hoarded classified documents. Last week, prosecutors filed additional charges in that case, alleging that he asked a staffer to delete camera footage at his Florida home to obstruct a federal probe into the records. He now faces 40 counts in that case.
Trump is the first former president to face an indictment and the first former U.S. president to be prosecuted by the government he once ran.Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol “fueled by lies” from Trump, special counsel says
Justice Department Special counsel Jack Smith, whose team of prosecutors questioned senior Trump administration officials before a grand jury in Washington, said that the Jan, 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was “fueled by lies” from Donald Trump.
Smith made a brief statement in Washington shortly after the indictment against the former president was released Tuesday.
“The attack on our nation’s capital on January 6, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy,” Smith said, adding that the law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol that day were heroes.
Smith said he’d seek a speedy trial for the former president.
Trump is due in court Thursday before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Follow along for live updates on the Justice Department’s indictment of former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The charges focus on schemes by Trump and his allies to subvert the transfer of power and keep him in office despite his loss to Joe Biden.
___WHAT TO KNOW
— Trump has now been indicted for the third time. Here’s where all the investigations stand
— Trump also was indicted in June on charges that he illegally hoarded classified documents
— Mar-a-Lago’s property manager is the latest Trump staffer ensnared in his legal turmoil
— Special counsel Jack Smith has a long career of confronting corruption
