Former US President and Republican candidate for the White House. Donald Trump (2017-2021), said Tuesday he will plead not guilty to charges brought against him in a new indictment in the January 2021 Capitol attack.

In a court notice filed with the District of Columbia court, he indicated that he was exercising his right to fail to attend the arraignment and authorized his lawyers to plead not guilty on his behalf.

The next court hearing between the prosecutor and the defense is scheduled for next Thursday.

The special counsel in charge of the investigation into Trump’s involvement in the Capitol attack, Jack Smith, filed a new indictment on August 27, downgrading the charges to implement the Supreme Court’s decision about the immunity of his actions as an agent.

Smith confirmed the previous four charges against the New York tycoon, for example, for conspiracy to obstruct official proceedings, but limited some of the charges to his plans for election subversion.

The case is related to attempts to interfere with the 2020 presidential election. led to the storming of the Capitol from January 6, 2021

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That day, about 10,000 people, most of them Trump supporters, marched to Congress headquarters and About 800 people stormed the building as Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory was confirmed. Five people were killed and about 140 officers were injured.

July 1st Supreme Court granted the now former president partial immunityBy a vote of six to three, the progressive justices concluded that “a former president is entitled to absolute immunity from prosecution for actions within his constitutional authority,” but found that “there is no immunity for unofficial actions.”

Smith’s new indictment was cut from its original 45 pages to 36 and, as the newspaper detailed at the time, Washington Post, removed allegations related to Trump’s efforts to get the Justice Department to back up his claim of election fraud.

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In its July decision, the Supreme Court noted that Trump he could not face charges related to his exchanges with members of the Ministry of Justice, given that his interaction with that cabinet was part of his job description. (EFE)