Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Obstructing Election (2)

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges that he conspired to obstruct the 2020 presidential election and interfere with the voting rights of millions of Americans — a case his legal team said it was prepared to “vigorously” defend.

The former president was arraigned Thursday in the federal courthouse in Washington before US Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya. He’ll remain free while the case moves forward, but was prohibited from speaking to anyone identified as a witness about the facts of the case except through his lawyers.

Donald Trump on Aug. 3.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

During the 30-minute hearing, Trump sat just a few feet from Special ...