WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump revealed Monday why he did not appear at his arraignment in Georgia last month on election tampering charges, citing his outrage over cameras in the courtroom.
“Why would I fly to Atlanta just to hear over a dozen FALKED CHARGES filed against me on live TV?” angered Trump, who faces 13 counts in just the latest of four criminal indictments against him, in a fundraising email.
“A judge has ruled that all of my court proceedings in Atlanta will be TELEVISED for the entire country to see,” Trump said.
“The communist democrats would love nothing more for me to be trapped in a courtroom in a televised spectacle as a way to keep me away from the election campaign.
“But I refuse to play into the game of the left. That is why I have dropped my indictment in person and simply pleaded ‘NOT GUILTY’ to the indictment in the Georgia witch hunt,” she said.
Trump, 77, is accused of violating Georgia’s racketeering law, conspiracy, submitting false documents, making false statements and asking a public official to violate his or her oath of office so he could remain in power despite losing the election. 2020 presidential elections.
Former President Donald Trump cited cameras in court as the reason he did not attend his arraignment in person in Fulton County, Georgia. AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File
Judge Scott McAfee allowed Trump’s trial to be televised and streamed live online. Photo by ARVIN TEMKAR/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
On Thursday, he signed a court document pleading not guilty and opted to enter his plea on paper rather than in person before a judge at his arraignment.
While he did not make a public statement afterwards, his campaign released the email, citing Trump’s exasperation over Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s ruling last week to allow the media to record the judicial proceedings of the case.
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Former President Donald Trump faces 91 charges in four different criminal cases after his term in office.
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Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents
- Trump is the first former president to face a federal indictment.
Former President Donald Trump faces a series of accusations as he approaches the 2024 election. AFP via Getty Images
- Trump is accused of taking about 11,000 documents, some of which contain sensitive national security secrets, and hoarding them in a haphazard manner at his estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
- The most serious charge, in this case, carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’
Former President Donald Trump is accused of falsifying business records in his “hush money” payment to Stormy Daniels. PA
- Trump’s then-attorney, Michael Cohen, paid Daniels $130,000 in exchange for her silence about a sexual encounter she claimed the two of them had.
- Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is seeking to have the case moved to federal court. He is scheduled to appear in court on January 4, 2024.
2020 Election Nullification Offer
- Special prosecutor Jack Smith charged the former president with four counts in connection with his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
- Prosecutors charged that the 45th president’s incessant claims about voter fraud that cost him re-election “were false and [Trump] I knew they were fake.”
Supporters of President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. AP
- The accusation is the second that Smith has brought against Trump, 77.
- A mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, following his speech on the Ellipse.
- Charges against the former president include violation of Georgia’s racketeering law, conspiracy, making false statements and asking a public official to violate his or her oath of office.
Georgia Election Investigation 2020
- Trump and 18 of his allies and supporters were indicted by a Georgia grand jury in connection with their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the Peach State.
- The former president faces 13 counts in the case, matching a docket posted prematurely on the Fulton County Superior Court website around noon.
New York Civil Cases
- The former president was sued by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
- James alleges that Trump and three of his children lied to banks about their assets and net worth in the billions.
- She is seeking a $250 million fine and a ban on Trump doing business in New York state.
(From right to left) Trump and his children Ivanka, Don Jr. and Eric are named in James’ lawsuit.AP
- In another civil case, Trump was found responsible for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s.
- Carroll was awarded $5 million in damages by Trump.
- Trump was not found guilty of rape after the jury rejected Carroll’s claim that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room.
In the fundraising message, Trump asked his supporters to “please make a contribution to peacefully defend our movement from endless attacks,” before adding a caveat: “If you are doing poorly because of the very sad state of our country, right?” Now don’t even think about donating!
The money-earning email also included a screenshot of the former president’s signature on the court document used to file his plea.
The court document, written by his lawyers, refers to him by his preferred title: “President” Donald Trump.
Mugshot of Trump after being booked into the Fulton County Jail. Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via AP
A protester calling for Trump to be sentenced outside the Fulton County Jail before his arrival on August 24, 2023. AP Photo/Ben Gray
The inclusion of the formal title comes after he was reportedly “upset” that a judge who oversaw his arraignment last month in DC District Court referred to him as “Mr. Trump”, abandoning the formality to which he has become accustomed.
Since then, his lawyers often refer to him as “President Trump,” “my client,” or “the defendant” in court proceedings.
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