A state judge in Colorado Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the current case to remove him from the 2024 ballot in that state under the 14th Amendment.'To be clear, I'm not deciding any of these issues,' The Hill reported 2nd Judicial...
A state judge in Colorado Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss the current case to remove him from the 2024 ballot in that state under the 14th Amendment.
In its third day of hearings, the case which was brought by six Colorado voters, including four Republicans and two unaffiliated voters seeks to remove Trump from the presidential ballot in the state due to his role in the Jan. 6 protest and riot at the U.S. Capitol, alleging he was part of an “insurrection,” CBS News reported Tuesday.
"Trump incited a violent mob to attack our Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power under our Constitution," Eric Olson, an attorney for the petitioners, said in his opening argument, according to the CBS report. "It was Trump's dereliction of duty in violation of his oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution that caused the constitutional process to stop.
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