Rudy Giuliani, a former attorney for Donald Trump, and 6 other defendants accused of conspiracy to tamper with an election in Georgia entered a not-guilty plea this Friday and forfeited their chance of a hearing. Criminal defendants in Georgia are permitted by law to legally submit a not-guilty plea by filing documentation with the judge without appearing in court. In the incident, 12 defendants have officially entered pleas. If any of the nineteen defendants fail to submit the papers will be required to show up in person for arraignment in Atlanta last Wednesday.
Rudy Giuliani was accused of 13 state felonies by FC DA Fani Willis, including conspiring to make false allegations and conspiracies and breaking Georgia’s anti-racketeering legislation. Apart from Trump, who is also charged with 13 offenses, Giuliani is the only defendant in their case to be named in as many counts in the FC indictment.
Rudy Giuliani Accused Of Having Conducted Multiple Election Frauds
After the general election in December 2020, the ex-mayor of NYC, who had represented Trump previously, testified three times before Georgian state lawmakers, spreading false information alleging rampant fraud. Rudy Giuliani is accused of making more false charges of election fraud and attempting to persuade lawmakers in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Arizona to select phony electors, according to prosecutors in the Fulton County indictment.
According to a court document, attorney K. Chesebro, who planned the Trump campaign’s phony electors scheme for 2020, entered a not-guilty plea in this Georgia vote subversion file on Friday. His trial is set to begin in late October, and he vehemently denies any involvement. Before his criminal trial on October 23, Chesebro—the 1st defendant in Georgia with a set trial date—wants a court to order Willis to expedite the production of “discovery” material.