Trump co-defendant Powell pleads not guilty in Georgia election subversion case

[August 30, 2023]  By Jasper Ward
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney Sidney Powell, one of former U.S. President Donald Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case, has waived a formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty, a court filing on Tuesday showed. 

Other Trump allies, Trevian Kutti and Ray Smith, have also waived formal arraignment and entered not guilty pleas.

Sidney Powell is shown in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, after a Grand Jury brought back indictments against former U.S. president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies in their attempt to overturn the state's 2020 election results in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. August 23, 2023. Fulton County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File photo

The former president is scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 6 as Fulton County prosecutors eye an October start to the trial.

The Fulton County has charged Trump with 13 felony counts including racketeering for pressuring state officials to reverse his 2020 election loss and setting up an illegitimate slate of electors to undermine the formal congressional certification of Democratic President Joe Biden's victory.

The latest charges marks Trump's fourth indictment since launching his reelection campaign for president.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Susan Heavey and Lisa Shumaker)

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