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Pro-disqualification lawyers said Trump “betrayed” his oath of office, and Trump’s lawyers said the lawsuit was “anti-democratic” and based on “fringe” theories. Trump critic Rep. Eric Swalwell testified, calling the January 6 Capitol riot “haunting.” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington , described byas “liberal,” filed the case on behalf of six Republican and independent voters.
On Monday morning in Denver, a historic five-day evidentiary hearing got underway for a lawsuit filed against Trump by six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters represented by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington .Whether former President Trump instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack is at the core of a Colorado lawsuit seeking to disqualify him from the state’s 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause.
Opening remarks in the trial began Monday, where a lawyer for the plaintiffs – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and six Colorado voters – argued that Trump “incited a violent mob” to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6 “to stop the peaceful transfer of power under our Constitution.” Those actions, the lawyer said, deem...
“Dozens of cases citing Section Three of the 14th Amendment have been filed in recent months, but the ones in Colorado and...
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