2023-08-03 21:13:43
Former President Donald Trump, the clear favorite for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential elections, appears this Thursday before a court in Washington accused of conspiring to change the result of the 2020 elections.
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In a 45-page text published this Tuesday, special counsel Jack Smith accuses him of undermining the foundations of American democracy by trying to alter the vote count in the presidential elections, an unprecedented and especially serious accusation given that at that time he was president in exercise.
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On the contrary, the other two criminal indictments handed down against him this year, one for accounting fraud due to the payment of money to a porn actress to buy her silence and another for having endangered national security with the negligent handling of confidential documents, correspond to to a period before and after his term.
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Trump, 77, is expected to plead not guilty at a hearing at 4 pm local time (3 pm Colombia time) before Investigating Judge Moxila Upadhyaya. They will take your fingerprints, but you will not be photographed. The case will later go to federal judge Tanya Chutkan, who already ruled against him in a case in 2021.
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Follow here all the details of this appearance.
2:12 p.m.
Trump is already in Washington DC
Donald Trump is already in Washington DC. The former president arrived at the Ronald Reagan airport in the US capital at around 2:48 pm local time (1:48 pm Colombia time) aboard his plane, Trump Force One, which had departed from the airfield in Newark, in New Jersey.
2:10 p.m.
In context: what is Trump accused of?
The former president is charged with four counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
For the first of these charges, 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.
12:20 p.m
Trump is already traveling to Washington
The former president left his golf club in Bedminster (New Jersey) to travel to Washington DC, where he is summoned at 4 pm local time (3 pm Colombia time) for the reading of the charges against him for allegedly trying to reverse the 2020 election result.
The 77-year-old Trump caravan of vehicles left the golf club around noon (Colombian time) to catch a plane that will go to the Ronald Reagan airport in the US capital.
11:36 a.m.
Tense calm in the vicinity of the court
Supporters of former President Donald Trump demonstrate this Thursday before the hearing that will take place after his impeachment, in Washington, DC
Meanwhile, people protesting against the Republican have also begun to arrive.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump
Protests against Donald Trump.
11 a.m.
Tight security around the court
Strong security measures have been adopted around the Washington DC courthouse, where former President Donald Trump is summoned to read the charges against him for his alleged attempt to reverse the result of the 2020 elections.
A security perimeter has been installed around the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, seat of the federal court in the District of Columbia, which is handling the case of the former president. From the building you can see the Capitol.
10 a.m.
Trump speaks hours before
The former president of the United States affirmed that it will be impossible to have a fair trial in Washington DC, hours before appearing in court. This was stated last night in a message posted on his social network, Truth, where he wrote that “it is to be expected that the latest False ‘case’ presented by Corrupt Joe Biden and Deranged Jack Smith will be transferred to an impartial Place, like the nearby politically impartial State of West Virginia!”.
ANGIE RUIZ HURTADO AND WILLIAM MORENO HERNANDEZ
INTERNATIONAL WRITING
*With information from agencies
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