Rudy Giuliani and Other Trump Allies Plead Not Guilty in Arizona Election Case – The New York Times
Trump’s Legal Troubles
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A total of 50 people, including former President Donald J. Trump, are now facing charges in four states related to efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power after he lost in 2020.
Danny Hakim and
Reporting from Phoenix
Rudolph W. Giuliani and 10 other allies of Donald J. Trump were arraigned and entered not-guilty pleas on Tuesday in an Arizona criminal case that charges them with trying to keep Mr. Trump in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election.
Mr. Giuliani, who appeared virtually at his arraignment, was ordered by the court to appear in person within 30 days and pay a $10,000 appearance bond. Those conditions, which were not imposed on other defendants, came after prosecutors said Mr. Giuliani had taken numerous steps to evade their attempts to serve him with notice of his indictment.
During the hearing, Mr. Giuliani, formerly Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, called the indictment “a complete embarrassment to the American legal system.” A state prosecutor, Nicholas Klingerman, said that Mr. Giuliani “has shown no intent to comply with the legal process in Arizona for this case.”
A total of 50 people — including Mr. Trump, who has locked up the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential race — now face charges related to election interference in four states. A number of Trump allies have already pleaded guilty or reached cooperation agreements in cases in Georgia and Michigan.
The arraignments on Tuesday took place at a courthouse in downtown Phoenix, in a case brought by the state attorney general, Kris Mayes, a Democrat. The defendants who appeared in person included Christina Bobb, a Trump campaign adviser in 2020 who is now the election integrity counsel for the Republican National Committee, and Kelli Ward, a former head of the Arizona Republican Party.
All of the defendants in the Arizona case are charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery, and all of those who have been arraigned so far have pleaded not guilty. Others will be arraigned next month, including Boris Epshteyn, who is one of Mr. Trump’s main lawyers, and Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff.
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