Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to charges in Georgia election case

He joins the former president and several others in forgoing a trip to Atlanta to appear before a judge in a packed courtroom with a news camera rolling.

Rudy Giuliani has pleaded not guilty to Georgia charges that accuse him of trying, along with former US president Donald Trump and others, to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state (Brynn Anderson/AP)

Rudy Giuliani has pleaded not guilty to Georgia charges that accuse him of trying, along with former US president Donald Trump and others, to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.

In filing his not guilty plea with the court, the former New York mayor and Mr Trump lawyer also waived his right to appear at an arraignment hearing set for September 6.