Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
Former President Donald Trump boards his plane at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Donald Trump headed to Washington on Thursday to answer to charges that he worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election, with the former president set to appear in a federal courthouse mere blocks from the U.S. Capitol building that his supporters stormed to try to block the peaceful transfer of power. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power....