Trump Defeats ‘Insurrection’ Ballot Ban Case in Colorado
- Judge says Trump engaged in insurrection but ban doesn’t apply
- Order follows Trump wins in Minnesota, Michigan primary fights
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Donald Trump won another fight to stay on 2024 election ballots, with a Colorado judge ruling that although the former president engaged in an “insurrection,” he is still eligible to run for another term in the White House.
In a 102-page opinion, Denver District Court Judge Sarah Wallace found that the voters who contested Trump’s spot on state ballots proved that he incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. But she concluded the US Constitution’s ban on insurrectionists holding public office wasn’t intended to cover an official who had taken the presidential oath of office and was running again for the same post.