- A Colorado judge is weighing whether Donald Trump incited an insurrection and is barred from running for president again, and during a hearing this week she’s heard about 19th century constitutional debates, how and when the National Guard is deployed, free speech rights and jokes cracked by Trump advisers about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
- The case, one of many challenging Trump’s ability to serve under an 1868 provision of the Constitution, stands out because the judge overseeing it is holding an unusual week-long trial to help her make up her mind. She has heard from constitutional scholars, police officers who were assaulted on Jan. 6, an election official and Trump advisers who met with the outgoing president days before the riot.
- Judge Sarah B. Wallace is expected to rule this month, as cases in other states move along briskly. On Monday, Trump filed a lawsuit in Michigan after a judge there declined to let him intervene in a case seeking to prevent him from appearing on the ballot there. On Wednesday, a federal judge threw out a challenge in New Hampshire. And on Thursday, the Minnesota Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments over his ability to run there.
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Colorado Judge Weighs If Trump Incited An Insurrection, Can Run Again
President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, waves as they walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 19, 2017, to board Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is leaving for his first foreign trip, visiting Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican, and a pair of summits in Brussels and Sicily.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
