The group filed a lawsuit arguing the 2021 Capitol attack disqualify Donald Trump from office.
WASHINGTON: A Washington-based ethics watchdog filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to try to block Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot in Colorado next year if he wins the Republican presidential nomination, arguing that his actions on Jan 6, 2021, disqualify him from office.
The untested legal strategy, which relies on a reading of the 14th amendment to the US constitution, faces long odds, according to legal experts. It would require legal challenges in all US states and territories to convince officials that the former president is ineligible to serve after his supporters attacked the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn his election defeat.
“While it is unprecedented to bring this type of case against a former president, January 6th was an unprecedented attack that is exactly the kind of event the framers of the 14th Amendment wanted to build protections in case of,” Noah Bookbinder, president of the ethics group known as CREW, said in a statement.
The watchdog alleges that Trump violated that oath by “recruiting, inciting and encouraging a violent mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021 in a futile attempt to remain in office.”
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