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Donald Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and six other co-conspirators charged in the Georgia election subversion case pleaded not guilty on Friday and waived their right to an arraignment hearing.
Georgia law allows criminal defendants to wave their in-person appearance and formally enter a not-guilty plea through paperwork filings with the court. Twelve defendants in the case have formally entered a plea. If any of the 19 defendants don’t file the paperwork, they will need to appear at an in-person arraignment on Wednesday in Atlanta.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged Giuliani with 13 state crimes, including violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law, conspiracy to commit false statements and writings, and soliciting a public officer to violate their oath.
Giuliani’s tally of 13 counts in the Fulton County indictment is more than any other defendant in the case besides Trump, who also faces 13 charges.
The former mayor of New York City previously represented Trump and appeared before Georgia state lawmakers three times after the general election in December 2020, where he peddled lies about widespread fraud in the state.
Prosecutors in the Fulton County indictment also list Giuliani’s outreach to officials in other states – including lawmakers in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona – where he allegedly made more false claims of election fraud and tried to solicit them to appoint fake electors.
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