From New York, this is Democracy Now.

In another unprecedented day in U.S. history, President Trump has pleaded not guilty to federal

charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election.

He'll speak to Emory Professor Carol Anderson in Georgia.

The charge in the indictment of conspiracy to deny rights, which is the right to vote,

was absolutely essential, because bedrock foundational to the big lie was the erasure

of votes from Black people's votes in Philadelphia, in Atlanta, in Detroit, in Milwaukee.

In the erasure of votes from Hispanics and Indigenous people in Maricopa County, it was

treating American citizens as if they were illegitimate.

Then we look at Niger, a week after a military coup ousted the country's president.

Niger's new military leaders have just cut off military ties with France, its former

colonial ruler.

In view of France's casual attitude and reaction to the internal situation prevailing

in our country, the national council for safe guarding the homeland has decided to

denounce France's security and defense cooperation agreements.

One of the coup leaders in Niger had received U.S. military training and had met with a

top U.S. officer at a U.S. drone base in Niger just last month.

African officers trained by the U.S. military have now taken part in 11 coups in West Africa

since 2008.

All that and more, coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, democracynow.org, the warrant, peace report, I'm Amy Goodman.

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to four felony charges over his efforts

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