The former president's lawyers formally object to the decision of the supreme election supervisor. Accordingly, the Republican has disqualified himself from the office of president due to his conduct in connection with the storming of the US Capitol in 2021.
Former US President Donald Trump is legally defending himself against the decision taken by the state of Maine to exclude him from the local primaries to run for the presidency of the Republican Party. Trump's lawyers filed a formal challenge to the state's top supervisor of elections' decision in a Maine court on Tuesday.
Accordingly, the Republican has disqualified himself from the office of president due to his conduct in connection with the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Among other things, it says that Secretary of State Sheena Bellows, who is in charge of elections, is biased and has no legal authority to make such a decision. The decision is also based on various errors and is arbitrary.
Trump is also not allowed to participate in the presidential election in Colorado at this time
Bellows announced her decision publicly last week, but postponed it pending Trump's objection. So nothing has been finalized yet. This also applies to another US state where a similar decision was made: in Colorado, the Supreme Court also ruled a few days ago that Trump is unsuitable for the office of president due to his role in the storming of the Capitol and therefore cannot serve. Participation in the primary elections.
Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol Building in Washington on January 6, 2021. Congress met there to formally affirm Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election. Trump had previously incited his supporters during a speech by claiming that the electoral victory had been stolen from him through widespread fraud. The riots resulted in the deaths of five people. Trump faces charges of attempting to rig the election due to his actions surrounding the vote.
Trump's electoral disqualification fails in Michigan and Minnesota
Based on these events, several prosecutors in various US states have been trying for some time to remove Trump's name from the ballots for the presidential primaries. Anyone who wants to run for president of the Republican or Democratic Party of the United States must first win the party's internal primaries. In states like Michigan and Minnesota, prosecutors failed in their attempts to remove Trump from the primary race. Decisions are still pending in other states. However, decisions were taken against Trump in Maine and Colorado.
In Colorado, the state's highest court ruled a few days ago that the Republican was unsuitable for the office of president due to his role in the storming of the Capitol and therefore could not participate in the primaries. Shortly thereafter, in Maine, Bellows came to the same conclusion. Trump's lawyers have now filed a formal objection to their decision.
In Colorado, the American Center for Law and Justice had already filed an appeal against the court's decision there on behalf of the state's Republican Party. More objections are expected in Colorado from Trump himself. This means that the Supreme Court will ultimately have a say in the matter.
First vote in the Iowa caucuses
time is running out. The Republican primary begins on January 15 with the first vote in Iowa. The Republican Party primaries are scheduled to be held in the states of Colorado and Maine on March 5, which is called Super Tuesday, when voting will take place in a number of American states. However, ballots are printed some time in advance.
Trump wants to run for the Republican Party again in the presidential elections scheduled for next November, and he is ahead by a large margin in opinion polls over the Republican candidates. As for Democrats, Biden wants to run for a second term. He has no serious internal competition.
In addition to the legal dispute over his participation in the primaries, Trump also faces several major court proceedings in the coming months on various criminal charges — including the storming of the Capitol and his attempts to retroactively overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (APA/DPA)
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