Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics , a Washington D.C.-based watchdog group, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Colorado. The lawsuit, filed on behalf a handful of voters from the state, seeks to bar Trump from running for the White House under section 3 of the 14th Amendment, otherwise known as the"disqualification clause."
Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Windham High School in Windham, New Hampshire, on August 8, 2023. A group of voters in Colorado is seeking to bar the Republican from running in 2024, citing section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
"The people who are pursuing this absurd conspiracy theory and political attack on President Trump are stretching the law beyond recognition, much like the political prosecutors in New York, Georgia, and D.C. There is no legal basis for this effort except in the minds of those who are pushing it."Trump has widely criticized the use of the 14th Amendment to argue against the validity of his candidacy, likening it to"election interference.
He added."Almost all legal scholars have voiced opinions that the 14th Amendment has no legal basis or standing relative to the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election."
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