Trump pleads not guilty as supporters move to cash in | First Thing
Former president claims being arrested is a great honor'. Plus, meet the bands with no original members left
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Donald Trump pleaded not guilty yesterday to federal charges over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, marking the third time this year the former president has been forced to respond to a criminal indictment.
How have the Trump team responded? Minutes after Trump left Washington, his son Eric Trump sent out a fundraising email calling the city the belly of the beast", according to NBC News. His campaign pulled in nearly $4m after Trump's first arraignment in March and considerably less - but still more than $1m - after his arraignment in June, according to the New York Times.
How long will the case drag on for? Smith this week said he was pursuing a speedy trial", and the magistrate judge seemed to follow suit. Unlike Trump's other legal cases, where the next court dates were scheduled for months later, the first hearing for this case will happen within the month. Trump's lawyers challenged the swiftness of the proceedings but the date was not changed.
When did the new rule come into force? The new asylum rule was put in place in May as the US was ending use of a different policy called Title 42, which had allowed the government to swiftly expel migrants without letting them seek asylum. The stated purpose of Title 42, enacted under Trump during the pandemic, was to protect Americans from the coronavirus.
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