Donald Trump's former attorney adviser John Eastman, widely viewed as the architect of the scheme to use fake slates of electors to overturn the 2020 presidential vote, has pleaded not guilty in an Arizona election interference case.
"I, of course, plead not guilty," Eastman said following a brief hearing in Phoenix Friday, CNN reported. "I'm confident that, with the laws faithfully applied, I will be exonerated at the end of this process."
Eastman was released from custody without conditions.
He and over a dozen other Trump allies have been indicted for their attempts to upend the 2020 election to turn the former presidents defeat into victory, despite the vote.
Trump was not named in the Arizona court action, but is believed to be the unnamed "unindicted co-conspirator" referred to in the court papers.
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