Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, entered his plea during a brief hearing at the same Washington courthouse where hundreds of his supporters have been convicted and sentenced for their roles in January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
"Not guilty," Trump said after magistrate judge Moxila Upadhyaya read the charges -- and potential maximum prison sentences -- in the 45-page indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith.
Shortly before leaving his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club for the short flight on his private plane to the nation's capital, Trump defiantly doubled down on his baseless claim that the November 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden was "stolen."
The 77-year-old billionaire has already been charged in two other criminal cases, and the new conspiracy charges raise the prospect of his being further embroiled in legal proceedings at the height of next year's election campaign.
Security was tight around the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse where the hearing was held with metal barricades blocking access and police patrolling the perimeter.
Small groups of demonstrators holding placards milled about outside along with some curious tourists.
"Jail Trump Forever," read one sign. "Trump 24," read another.
"We wanted to see it," said Dave Werner, 52, of Houston, Texas, who was visiting the capital with his son Liam, 12. "It's a little bit being part of history."
The accusations that Trump and six unnamed co-conspirators plotted to upend the 2020 election are the most serious of the cases threatening to derail his White House comeback bid.
In a post on his Truth Social site, Trump complained he was being "arrested for having challenged a corrupt, rigged and stolen election."
"UNFAIR VENUE, UNFAIR JUDGE," he said.
Trump, in a Truth Social post, also accused Biden, his likely 2024 election rival, of seeking to charge him with "as many crimes as can be concocted."
"But soon, in 2024, it will be our turn," he wrote.
Biden, for his part, was asked during a bike ride while vacationing in Delaware if he would be following the arraignment. His response was a curt "No."
Smith, a former war crimes prosecutor at the Hague, charged Trump with conspiracy to defraud the United States and attempting to disenfranchise voters with his false claims that he won the election.
"The purpose of the conspiracy was to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by using knowingly false claims of election fraud," the indictment said.
Smith linked Trump's actions following his loss directly to the attack on the Capitol, which he called an "unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy."
"It was fueled by lies," Smith said.
The 72nd ranked Moroccans scored through An Anissa Lahmari's toepoke after a saved penalty at the end of the first half but their passage was only secured after South Korea held twice champions Germany to a 1-1 draw in the other Group H match.
Colombia topped the group with six points, bettering runners-up Morocco on goal difference, while Germany and South Korea depart the tournament.
Morocco, who were thumped 6-0 by Germany in their opener before beating South Korea 1-0, move on to meet France in Adelaide and Colombia play Jamaica in Melbourne on Tuesday.
The two teams generated chances in the first half, but it was only in stoppage time when Colombia's Daniela Arias clumsily fouled forward Ibtissam Jraidi in the penalty area that Morocco had a genuine scoring opportunity.
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Las Cafeteras keeper Catalina Perez dived to her left to stop Ghizlane Chebbak's spot kick but midfielder Lahmari nudged the ball into the
There is "a lot of work still to be done" to convert Paris's Stade de France into an Olympics venue before 2024 says Vasina. The stadium was originally built when France hosted the football World Cup in 1998.
"They need to modernise the stadium a little bit. The track around it is going to be refurbished and they're going to add an extra ninth lane to it because this is where the athletics are going to be held," Vasina added.
