All 19 Defendants Plead Not Guilty, Waive Arraignments in Georgia Election Case

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All 19 defendants in Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willisโ€™s 2020 election probe have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them and waived their formal arraignments.

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was among the final defendants to enter a plea on Sept. 5, alongside former Trump attorney John Eastman and former Coffee County election official Misty Hampton.

Former Coffee County GOP Chair Cathy Latham entered her plea on Sept. 4, while former Georgia GOP Chair David Shafer and Georgia State Sen. Shawn Still entered theirs on Sept. 3. Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clarkโ€™s plea was submitted on Sept. 1.

In total, 41 charges have been filed against the defendants, including violation of Georgiaโ€™s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer, impersonating a public officer, and forgery, among others.

The Aug. 14 indictment alleges that President Donald Trump and the other co-defendants engaged in a conspiracy to โ€œunlawfully change the outcomeโ€ of Georgiaโ€™s 2020 presidential election.

President Trump pleaded not guilty on Aug. 31 to the 13 charges he is facing.

Removal Decision Pending

Mr. Meadows, who was charged with violating the stateโ€™s RICO Act and soliciting violation of oath by a public officer, is one of a handful of defendants seeking to have their cases removed to federal court.

According to the 98-page indictment, the former White House officialโ€™s role in the alleged racketeering conspiracy was coordinating and attending meetings to strategize ways to disrupt and delay the counting of the electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021.

The document also claims that he pressured an investigator in the Georgia secretary of stateโ€™s office to speed up the Fulton County signature verification process and that he participated in a phone call in which President Trump urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to โ€œfindโ€ evidence of determinative voter fraud in the election.

In filing the notice of removal, Mr. Meadowsโ€™s legal team noted that the actions he had been indicted for were performed in his capacity as a federal official. As such, they argued that the case should either be dismissed or tried in a federal court.

Byย Samantha Flom

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