Trump pleads not guilty to 2020 election charges after indictment and arrest: Highlights

Donald Trump speaks for the first time since pleading not guilty to multiple felonies pic.twitter.com/rOL3zCR5Bd

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The latest news on the arraignment of Donald Trump:

• Former President Donald Trump made an appearance in a Washington, D.C., courtroom to answer charges that he used "unlawful means" in an attempt to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. He pleaded not guilty.
• The indictment charges Trump with conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction; and conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one’s vote counted. 
• Trump appeared before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse. The hearing began at 4:15 p.m. ET and lasted less than 30 minutes. The next court date is Aug. 28.
• Trump also faces charges in a separate case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, in which he has been accused of mishandling the nation's secrets since leaving the White House. In addition, the former president was charged by Manhattan's district attorney earlier this year in connection with hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Trump has denied wrongdoing in all the cases. 
• Read our previous live coverage of Trump indictment news here.