Trump’s Presidential Run Faces Legal Challenges Over His Role in Jan. 6 ‘Insurrection’
- Midterm ballot contests previewed unsettled legal questions
- Congress hasn’t acted on bills to create a uniform process
Donald Trump after announcing his 2024 presidential run at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 15.
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Donald Trump faces an unprecedented effort to disqualify him from being on the ballot again over his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, raising the specter of legal chaos in the 2024 election long before voters go to the polls.
Advocacy groups have vowed to challenge Trump’s third presidential bid in multiple states under a post-Civil War measure that bars individuals from holding office if they pledged to uphold the US Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.”