Trump pleads not guilty as interference case deadlines loom over election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : "There needs to be some forward movement in this case, regardless of when the election is held.''Judge Chutkan's deadlines mean Mr Smith could air some of the evidence his team has gathered against Trump around the same time that voters head to the polls.
41% : Jack Smith, the special counsel on the case, had updated the wording of the charges against Trump last week, after the US Supreme Court ruled in July that presidents had broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts.
41% : There is a strong likelihood that Trump would move to end this case should he retake the White House; as president, he would have broad authority over the US Justice Department.
39% : "The federal case over the 2020 election is one of several legal troubles facing Trump.
38% : Mr Lauro argued the new indictment has a "major problem" because the Supreme Court had decided that communication between Trump and Mr Pence constitutes an official act.
38% : Meanwhile, Trump awaits sentencing in New York for his conviction of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments made to a porn star.
37% : Trump has categorised the case in the past as a "witch hunt" designed to "distract the American people" from the upcoming 2024 presidential election.
32% : Separately in Georgia, Trump and 18 other defendants are also accused of criminally conspiring to overturn his narrow defeat in 2020.
31% : Trump also pleaded not guilty to the original charges.
28% : The dates will coincide with the final sprint of the US presidential election, where Trump is locked in a tight race with the Democratic nominee, Vice-President Kamala Harris.
26% : The revised indictment leaves in place the four charges against Trump: conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
19% : Several key allegations against Trump remain in the new indictment, including that he attempted to persuade then-Vice-President Mike Pence to obstruct Mr Biden's election certification - a point that Judge Chutkan and Trump's legal team sparred over during Thursday's hearing.
14% : In another case led by Mr Smith, Trump is accused of taking classified documents back to his Florida home after leaving office.

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