Judge makes Donald Trump wait 15 minutes, then sets quick hearing

For 15 excruciating minutes, former President was forced to sit and wait in court 22A - with his nemesis Special Counsel Jack Smith just a few feet away.

It was his third arraignment in less than six months, but his encounter with Judge Moxila Upadhyaya may have been the most humiliating in the city he called home for a chaotic four years.

In a hearing that lasted just 27 minutes, he spoke quietly to his lawyers, said his name 'Donald J. Trump' and pleaded not guilty to four federal charges of conspiring to overturn the election.

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