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☆ Donald Trump did engage in 'insurrection' on January 6, Colorado judge rules, but can still run for president
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump engaged in insurrection but can still run for president, a Colorado court ruled Friday. But the clause doesn't disqualify people from the presidency, judge Sarah B. Wallace found. AdvertisementDonald Trump is still eligible to run for president even though he engaged in an insurrection by inciting the January 6 Capitol riots, a Colorado judge ruled Friday. Wallace found that Trump "engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021, through incitement" – but also ruled that the clause didn't apply to people running for President. Last week, Minnesota's Supreme Court ruled that Trump was still eligible to appear on primary ballots, turning away a lawsuit from Free Speech for People.

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☆ Trump ‘engaged in an insurrection,’ judge says, but should remain on Colorado ballot
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —A Colorado judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump “engaged in an insurrection” on January 6, 2021, but rejected an attempt to remove him from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, finding that the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” doesn’t apply to presidents. ‘Trump engaged in an insurrection’In her ruling, Wallace agreed with almost everything that the challengers argued, except on the critical question of whether a president can be disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The group said it would file an appeal “shortly” to the Colorado Supreme Court, and hailed Wallace’s finding that Trump engaged in insurrection. “We’re respectful that the judge made the right decision,” Gessler said on “The Source.” “I understand she threw a lot of shade on President Trump, and we’re not happy about that. “It says Trump engaged in insurrection but can appear on the ballot anyway.

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☆ Advocates argue to disqualify Trump from Colorado ballot over Jan. 6 attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Andrew Goudsward | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs from Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., April 13, 2023. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Biden in the 2024 U.S. election. Thousands of people stormed the Capitol in a failed attempt to prevent Congress from certifying Biden's 2020 victory over Trump. Regardless of whether Trump is on the ballot, Biden would be expected to win there. The U.S. Supreme Court, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three Trump appointees, may ultimately weigh in.

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DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge on Wednesday will hear closing arguments on whether former President Donald Trump is barred from the ballot by a provision of the U.S. Last week, the Minnesota Supreme Court dodged the question of whether the provision applies to Trump, who is so far dominating the Republican presidential primary. It dismissed a lawsuit to toss him off that state's primary ballot by saying that political parties can allow whomever they want to qualify for primaries. Political Cartoons View All 1250 ImagesOn Tuesday, a Michigan judge dismissed another lawsuit seeking to bounce Trump from that state's primary ballot with a more sweeping ruling. They argued Trump “incited” the Jan. 6 attacks and presented dramatic testimony from police officers who defended the Capitol from the rioters.

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☆ Developments in Trump’s galaxy of legal problems, explained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Zachary Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —Try to keep track of the galaxy of former President Donald Trump’s legal problems. The trial marks the first of Trump’s criminal cases expected to proceed. Federal criminal court in Florida: Mishandling classified materialTrump has pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges brought by Smith over his alleged mishandling of classified documents. A federal judge threw out the lawsuit in November 2022. A New York judge dismissed The New York Times from Trump’s lawsuit regarding disclosure of his tax returns and ordered Trump to pay the newspaper’s legal fees.

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In the Minnesota case, the plaintiffs are asking the state’s highest court to declare that Trump is disqualified and direct the secretary of state to keep him off the ballot for the state’s March 5 primary. But as awful as the melee was, and as disturbing as the rioters’ actions were, it was not a war upon the United States,” they wrote in an earlier filing. The Minnesota Supreme Court justices have scheduled just over an hour for oral arguments Thursday. The Minnesota case was filed by Free Speech For People, while the Colorado case came from another long-established group with significant legal resources, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. In Colorado, ballot challenges first go to a judge for a hearing and then can be appealed to the state Supreme Court.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 25, 2023. Trump faces similar lawsuits brought by advocacy groups in Michigan and Minnesota, but the Colorado case is the first to go to trial. His opponents hope to deny Trump a path to victory by disqualifying him in enough hotly-contested states, but many legal experts call the strategy a long shot. Trump faces several legal cases as he campaigns for the presidency. A civil fraud trial in a lawsuit by New York state against Trump and his family company is in its fourth week.

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A weeklong hearing on one lawsuit to bar Trump from the ballot in Colorado begins Monday, while on Thursday oral arguments are scheduled before the Minnesota Supreme Court on an effort to kick the former president off the ballot in that state. Whether the judges keep Trump on the ballot or boot him, their rulings are likely to be swiftly appealed, eventually to the U.S. Supreme Court. Then last year, it was used by CREW to bar the head of “Cowboys for Trump” from a county commission seat in rural New Mexico. The judge overseeing Greene’s case ruled in her favor, while Cawthorn’s case became moot after he was defeated in his primary. Free Speech For People filed the case in Minnesota, where challenges to ballot appearances go straight to the state supreme court.

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☆ Takeaways from Day 1 of the Trump disqualification trial in Colorado
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Marshall Cohen | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Trump lawyer blasts ‘fringe’ lawsuitTrump lawyer Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state, blasted the proceedings and said the case was “weak,” “anti-democratic” and relied on “fringe” theories. He urged Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace to not “interfere” with the 2024 election removing Trump from the ballot. Congressman describes ‘haunting’ Jan. 6 experienceTestifying for the anti-Trump challengers, Swalwell described the “haunting” experience of sheltering in the House chamber on January 6 while the right-wing mob surrounded the area. A California Democrat and fiery Trump critic, Swalwell described how he realized in real time that Trump was endangering him and his colleagues by directing his supporters to go to the Capitol. Colorado election official looks for guidanceOutside of court, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said Monday on CNN that she hopes the trial will provide guidance on Trump’s eligibility for the ballot.

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☆ What to know about the 14th Amendment Trump disqualification trial in Colorado
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The challengers have scored a series of pretrial victories, defying expectations by defeating several motions by Trump and the Colorado GOP to throw out the case. They want a court order blocking Griswold from putting Trump’s name on Colorado’s GOP primary ballot and the general election ballot. • Does Griswold have the power under Colorado law to exclude a candidate from the ballot based on federal constitutional considerations? And President Trump never advocated for or incited violence on January 6, 2021.”Why is this happening now? She graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 1999.

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☆ Efforts to Invoke Insurrection Clause Against Trump Get Their Day In Court
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Lauren Camera | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

Legal experts have sparred over whether the constitutional clause applies to Trump, and even those who say it’s a legitimate challenge acknowledge that it’s a long shot. Undoubtedly, the proceedings will explore in depth whether the Jan. 6 riot was indeed an insurrection and the degree to which Trump fomented it. Trump took an oath as president pursuant to Article II, not as an officer pursuant to Article VI. Because the Insurrection Clause applies only to those who have taken an oath ‘as an officer of the United States,’ he can’t be barred by that clause from serving in any capacity,” Mukasey wrote. The losing side can – and is widely expected to – challenge the ruling at the Colorado Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

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☆ Colo. judge rejects Trump's bid to toss lawsuit aimed at keeping him off 2024 ballot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Summer Concepcion | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The decision comes just days before a trial on Trump's eligibility for the ballot is expected to begin. In a 24-page ruling, Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace pushed back on Trump's argument that Congress, not courts, should handle questions related to his ballot eligibility. She also sided against Trump's claim that state election officials lack the power to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Wallace's ruling Wednesday comes after Chief U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer denied Trump's request to move the Colorado ballot case to federal court. In a four-page order, Brimmer sent the lawsuit back to the same state court in Denver County where it was filed on behalf of the group of voters.

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☆ Trump can't seem to stop a lawsuit that could kick his candidacy to the curb in Colorado
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A citizen watchdog group filed a lawsuit to disqualify Donald Trump from running in Colorado. The suit has yet to be dismissed, despite Trump's legal challenges. If Trump's last motion to dismiss does not succeed, the suit could go to trial at the end of October. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy .

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☆ Lawsuit to block Trump from Colorado 2024 ballot survives more legal challenges
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

He still has a pending motion to throw out the Colorado lawsuit, but the case now appears on track for an unprecedented trail this month. A liberal watchdog group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed the Colorado case on behalf of six Republican and unaffiliated voters. The judge is scheduled to preside over a trial beginning October 30 to decide a series of novel legal questions about how the 14th Amendment could apply to Trump. Trump is sure to appeal any decision to strip him from the ballot, which means the Supreme Court and its conservative supermajority might get the final say. The Colorado challengers recently revealed in a court filing that they want to depose Trump before trial.

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX allies secretly poured $50 million into 'dark money' groups, evidence shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The documents give the first full look at Bankman-Fried and his allies' contributions to so-called "dark money" organizations. While Bankman-Fried quietly funded more conservative dark money groups behind the scenes, he publicly cultivated a profile that was clearly aligned with the Democratic Party. Prosecutors on Monday filed into evidence a list of organizations that received money from Bankman-Fried and those close to him. The documents show that Bankman-Fried was clearly the lead "dark money" donor among the listed former FTX executives and the company itself. The list that prosecutors made public this week shows Bankman-Fried's "dark money" donations were closer to $47 million during the 2022 cycle alone.

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☆ Trump loses first of several bids to toss suit seeking to block him from Colorado ballot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace this week rejected Trump’s bid to get the lawsuit dismissed on free-speech grounds. A trial to determine Trump’s eligibility is set for October 30, if the case reaches that stage. Unprecedented casesCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, filed the Colorado lawsuit on behalf of a group of Republican and unaffiliated voters in the state. This is one of three major challenges against Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 ballot – similar cases are pending in Minnesota and Michigan, where a different group filed lawsuits. Griswold, a Democrat, previously told the judge that she doesn’t have a position on Trump’s eligibility and would comply with the judge’s final decision.

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DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge has rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to keep him off the state ballot, ruling that his objections on free-speech grounds did not apply. Trump’s attorneys argued that a Colorado law protecting people from being sued over exercising their free speech rights shielded him from the lawsuit, but Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace said that law doesn’t apply in this case. They also assert that the 14th Amendment requires an act of Congress to be enforced and that it doesn't apply to Trump, anyway. “The framers of the 14th Amendment never intended for it to apply to the President,” he wrote. The trial to determine Trump's eligibility for the Colorado ballot is scheduled to start Oct. 30.

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As the day went on after the bombshell indictment, Democrats began bailing on their legally troubled colleague. The indictment said Menendez used his position to help the business executives as well. The indictment includes cinematic, almost comical details about the payoffs Menendez is said to have accepted. Some of the cash was stashed in jackets that were embroidered with the words "Robert Menendez" or "Senator Menendez." At one point, the indictment said, Menendez did a Google search for "kilo of gold price."

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Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state representing Trump in the case, opposed it. He said a protective order was unnecessary because threats and intimidation already are prohibited by law. The issue is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, which has never ruled on the insurrection provision in section three of the 14th Amendment. A parallel case in Minnesota filed by another well-financed liberal group is scheduled to be heard by that state's supreme court on Nov. 2. Sean Grimsley, an attorney for the plaintiffs in the case, proposed the protective order in court Friday.

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☆ Questions About Key Players in Trump’s Plan to Overturn the 2020 Election - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

There were others who funded aspects of the election overthrow effort. The Rule of Law Defense Fund, an organization associated with the Republican Attorneys General Association, for instance, was involved in promoting the Jan. 6 rally on the Ellipse. Other donors include Julie Jenkins Fancelli, a Publix heiress who reportedly gave about $300,000 to rally organizers. It includes an appendix entitled “The Big Rip-off,” which explains how the Trump campaign raised enormous sums off its claims that the election was stolen. And of course, there’s a whole additional piece of this puzzle: the figures who continue to fund the members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election.

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☆ Explainer: Can Trump be disqualified from the presidency over Jan. 6?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Some legal experts say Trump’s Jan. 6 actions disqualify him for the presidency. Some legal experts say efforts to disqualify Trump could set a troubling precedent that would empower state election officials to unilaterally disqualify candidates based on their own interpretations of "insurrection or rebellion." Others say state election officials are bound to apply it when considering candidates for the ballot and can be compelled to do so by court order. Voters and groups representing them would need to persuade secretaries of state across the 50 states - many of them elected Republicans and Trump allies - to determine Trump is disqualified or to persuade judges to bar them from putting Trump on the ballot. It would require persuading or forcing election officials to keep Trump off the ballot in states governed by his Republican allies.

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DENVER (AP) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump moved a lawsuit seeking to bar him from running again for the White House from state to federal court in the first step of what promises to be a tangled legal battle that seems ultimately destined for the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump’s attorneys on Thursday moved the case to federal court. “Plaintiffs’ challenge to Colorado’s ability to place Donald Trump on the presidential ballot depends solely on the Fourteenth Amendment,” they wrote. Political Cartoons View All 1148 ImagesCREW can move to return the case to state court. It has requested a speedy ruling on the issues before Colorado's Republican primary ballot is finalized on Jan. 5.

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☆ Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Maggie Astor | More About Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Six Colorado voters filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to keep former President Donald J. Trump off the state’s ballots under the 14th Amendment, which says anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution after taking an oath to defend it is ineligible to hold office. The lawsuit, which was filed in a state district court in Denver with the help of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, demands that the Colorado secretary of state not print Mr. Trump’s name on the Republican primary ballot. Mr. Trump would surely appeal any ruling that he was ineligible, and a final decision could rest with the Supreme Court, which has a conservative supermajority that includes three justices he appointed. A spokesman for Mr. Trump did not respond to a request for comment. Jena Griswold, the Colorado secretary of state, said in a statement, “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.”

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While the idea of using the 14th Amendment to keep Trump out of the White House has been bandied about by lawyers and political figures, the Colorado action is the first lawsuit demanding that a state disqualify Trump from the ballot, CREW said. The group chose Colorado because the laws there make it easier to get it before a court, he says. Some members of Congress, most recently Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, have suggested the 14th Amendment might apply to Trump. Critics of the movement to disqualify Trump say the 14th Amendment clause was written to apply to former Confederates and should not be used against contemporary would-be candidates. Still, those who want to use the 14th Amendment to disqualify Trump face significant legal hurdles, experts say, adding that the matter is likely to end up in the Supreme Court if the movement gains steam.

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☆ RFK Jr. touted bitcoin, but said he wasn't an investor. Financial records show otherwise
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of former US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, speaks during the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023. Since the conference, Kennedy has continued to tout bitcoin. Kennedy said at the Miami bitcoin conference that if he were to become president he would "make sure that your right to hold and use bitcoin is inviolable." Kennedy, 69, is the son of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, both of whom were assassinated in the 1960s. In May, days before he took the stage the Miami bitcoin conference, Kennedy tweeted: "Cryptocurrencies, led by bitcoin, along with other crypto technologies are a major innovation engine.

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