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Ray Smith, one of the 19 defendants in the election interference case in Fulton County, Georgia, has waived his arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty, according to a new court filing.
Smith is the first defendant in the case to enter a plea.
“It is counsel’s understanding that by filing this waiver of arraignment, prior to the arraignment date, that Mr. Smith and the undersigned counsel are excused from appearing at the arraignment calendar on September 6, 2023,” the filing states.
Smith, an attorney for Trump’s 2020 campaign in Georgia, faces a dozen counts in the sprawling racketeering case brought earlier
