2023-08-04 04:02:57
Former US President Donald Trumpthe favorite candidate among the Republicans for the 2024 presidential elections, arrived this Thursday (08.03.2023) at a Washington court accused of “conspiracy” to change the result of the 2020 elections for the assault on the Capitol. Hours before this historic appearance that raises many questionsTrump accused his rival, the Democratic president Joe Bidenwith whom he could be measured again at the polls next year, if he had ordered the Department of Justice to attribute “as many crimes as can be invented” to him.
The 77-year-old former president arrived at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, the seat of the court and very close to the United States Capitol, at around 3:14 p.m. local time (9:14 p.m. CET), amid great media and a strong police presence. From his entrance to the building, Trump was already technically under court order to appear before Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, in charge of reading him the four charges against him: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official procedure, obstruction and attempted of obstructing an official procedure and conspiring against rights.
For the first of these accusations, he could receive a maximum sentence of five years in prison, for the second and third twenty years in prison, respectively, and for the fourth, ten years. Predictably, Trump pleaded “not guilty,” as he did in the two previous criminal charges he has received, as it is the third criminal case against him in less than six months. The judge heard Trump at the preliminary hearing, scheduled for 4:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CET). The judge agreed to release the former president after setting the conditions for his release, and set the next hearing for August 28.
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Last updated at 23:10 CET with the fixing of the next oral hearing.
Three police officers who served on Capitol Hill during the attempted assault on January 6, 2021, arrive at Federal Court of Justice. Image: Alex Brandon/AP Photo/picture alliance
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