CNN: Trump Pleads Not Guilty to New January 6 Charges

EXCERPT:

POLANTZ: “Yeah, it’s a one-page filing, but there it has Donald Trump’s big, black, bold signature on it, signing it, saying ‘I’m pleading not guilty.’ And also, when there’s a hearing this coming week, the first hearing that we’ve had since this case has been paused since it went to the Supreme Court, they gave him some presidential immunity. He doesn’t want to be there in person. And so, this paperwork serves as that. It’s an important moment, though, Jake, because this is an indictment and it went through a grand jury. Again, it’s the same four charges, but he does have to enter a pleading and he’s saying I plead not guilty. The other reason that that is important is that when you get a not guilty plea, things head toward a trial and it’s a reminder that that’s where we are in this case. It’s back in the trial court. And Judge Tanya Chutkan in the trial court is going to be moving things along toward a trial, especially now that she has this waiver of appearance and entry of a not guilty plea in this one-page filing from Donald Trump.”