Lawsuit aiming to block former President Donald Trump from Colorado ballot can move forward, judge rules – KKTV
DENVER, Colo. (KKTV) – A Colorado judge ruled that a lawsuit to block former President Donald Trump from Colorado’s ballot for the presidential election can move forward.
The Friday ruling comes as the former president requested the lawsuit be dismissed, which was filed Sept. 22, according to the 24-page ruling by Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace.
The lawsuit was initially filed at the start of September, with the Washington-based advocacy group who filed it saying they believe Trump incited the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. An attorney for the group, called CREW, said they believe his actions are a violation to the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The 14th Amendment was a post-Civil War amendment that stated in Section 3, known as the Disqualification Clause, that no one can run for public office if they engaged in an insurrection.
After the lawsuit was filed, the former president’s campaign team told 11 News, “Joe Biden, Democrats, and Never Trumpers are scared to death because they see polls showing President Trump winning in the general election. The people who are pursuing this absurd conspiracy theory and political attack on President Trump are stretching the law beyond recognition much like the political prosecutors in New York, Georgia, and DC. There is no legal basis for this effort except in the minds of those who are pushing it.”
The lawsuit is against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who previously told 11 News, “I look forward to the Colorado Court’s substantive resolution of the issues, and am hopeful that this case will provide guidance to election officials on Trump’s eligibility as a candidate for office.”
A trial for the lawsuit is set for Oct. 30.
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