Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty

Former US President Donald Trump has pleased not guilty to charges relating to his election interference case. 

He chose to waive a formal arraignment appearance, and pleaded not guilt in a court filing. 

Trump and 18 others were charged for allegedly attempting to subvert results of the 2020 presidential election.

A trial date has yet to be set, but Trump's lawyers have pushed for a delay in proceedings. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is pushing to hold the trail later this year.

This Georgia case is just one in four indictments against Trump, as he also facing charges in New York City, Florida, and Washington, D.C.

Trump's campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said the charges were "wrongfully designed to deprive" Trump of his constitutional rights.

"President Trump continues to fight against the partisan, un-American tactics of Fani Willis, which are wrongfully designed to deprive President Trump of his Federal and Georgia State Constitutional rights, including, among others, the bedrock right to Due Process."

Despite these legal troubles, Trump's 2024 presidential campaign has seen a huge financial benefit from each indictment, with supporters flooding coffers with cash.

He raised $20 million in August, including $9.4 million in the week since his mugshot was released.

The Trump campaign began selling mugshot merchandise, and a source claimed it "spiked" fundraising numbers.

It was reported 36,000 t-shirts with his mugshot were sold, earning over $1.7 million.

The campaign also sold 24,000 mugshot coffee mugs, earning $864,000, and 8.600 posters, earning $352,000.

The indictments in Georgia states Trump, the 18 other defendants, and unindicted co-conspirators "constituted a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities including, but not limited to, false statements and writings, impersonating a public officer, forgery, filing false documents, influencing witnesses, computer theft, computer trespass, computer invasion of privacy, conspiracy to defraud the state, acts involving theft, and perjury."