Donald Trump in an elevator of Trump Tower.
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump is disqualified from the 20204 ballot.The court also ruled he cannot hold office, citing the 14th Amendment.
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump is disqualified from running for president and holding office. It ordered the Colorado secretary of state to not have Trump on the state’s GOP primary ballot, according to The New York Times.
The nonpartisan watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, filed the petition in September, arguing that Trump should be barred from running for president due to his role in the January 6 insurrection due to the 14th Amendment.
The 14th Amendment has a section specifying that anyone who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” or has “given aid or comfort” to those carrying out an insurrection is ineligible to run for office.
Representatives for Trump and CREW did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
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