former president Donald Trump was arrested and has pleaded not guilty on four felony charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election Trump today appeared in a Washington D.C Federal Courthouse traveling from his Bedminster New Jersey Golf Club to be arraigned the former president was indicted on criminal charges in special counsel Jack Smith's probe into the January 6th attack on the Capitol and the events leading up to it among the charges conspiracy to defraud the United States and to obstruct an official proceeding a charge that's already been successfully brought against other Capital rioters the indictment States the former president was quote determined to remain in power after losing in 2020 and orchestrated a plot to overturn the results with the help of six unindicted co-conspirators leading up to January 6.

Trump is calling the charges politically motivated following the arraignment he'll return to his Bedminster golf club for a fundraiser tonight his previous indictments led to some of the biggest fundraising days in his campaign [Music]