Trump Sues Maine Official Who Disqualified Him From Ballot
- Ex-president was disqualified over effort to reverse 2020 loss
- Fight over Trump’s eligibility likely headed to Supreme Court
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Donald Trump filed a lawsuit seeking to restore his name to Maine’s presidential primary ballot after the state disqualified him over his attempt to reverse the result of the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges a decision last week by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who held that the former president is ineligible for another term because of a section of the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment. The provision bars from federal office those who have sworn an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection” against the US.