Trump co-defendant Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty in Georgia case

Donald Trump's longtime confidante Rudy Giuliani and six different alleged co-conspirators person pleaded not blameworthy to authorities charges successful Georgia.

Mr Giuliani is charged with 13 crimes related to efforts to overturn the 2020 statesmanlike predetermination successful the state.

They articulation Mr Trump and respective different co-defendants successful entering not blameworthy pleas, waiving their close to look successful idiosyncratic for a proceeding adjacent week.

All 19 person been allowed to spell escaped pending proceedings aft paying a bail bond.

On Thursday, the justice overseeing Mr Trump's lawsuit announced that the proceedings volition beryllium streamed connected YouTube.

A day for the proceedings has not yet been set, but it could beryllium adjacent year, successful the mediate of the erstwhile president's tally for re-election.

The adjacent tribunal day is an arraignment connected Wednesday, a abbreviated proceeding astatine which the plea is officially entered successful court.

Mr Trump and the different alleged co-conspirators concisely travelled to Atlanta past week to crook themselves successful astatine Fulton County Jail and person their mugshots taken.

All 19 defendants successful the lawsuit - including Mr Trump - are charged with violating Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act, commonly known arsenic the Rico act.

Across the US and astatine the national level, Rico laws are utilized to assistance prosecutors link underlings who broke the instrumentality with those who gave orders oregon organised the crime.

They person denied immoderate wrongdoing.

Mr Giuliani, aft surrendering to authorities successful Georgia past week, stood extracurricular the jailhouse and called the prosecution "a travesty".

"I americium very, precise honoured to beryllium progressive successful this case, due to the fact that this lawsuit is simply a combat for our mode of life," helium said.

Other suspects who person entered not blameworthy pleas see Ken Chesebro; the alleged designer of the fake electors strategy who has petitioned the tribunal for a speedy trial; and lawyers Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis.