Cook County judge to decide next week on challenge to Donald Trump’s place on Illinois ballot

Former President Donald Trump attorneys Nicholas Nelson, from left, Adam Merrill and Scott Gessler exit the courtroom during a break in the hearing on the challenge to Trump’s ballot eligibility, at the Richard J. Daley Center, Feb. 16, 2024. A Cook County judge said Friday she will decide late next week the fate of a legal challenge seeking to strike former President Donald Trump’s name from Illinois’ March 19 Republican primary ballot.

“This case is about candidate qualifications,” she told Porter. “This is not an investigation into policy decisions.” In its 8-0 bipartisan vote, the elections board on Jan. 30 allowed Trump’s name to stay on the ballot and rejected an objection that he “knowingly” lied by signing a statement of candidacy attesting he was qualified to hold the office of the presidency.

“What makes the most sense is to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule,” said Trump attorney Adam Merrill, who noted that the Board of Elections said in its ruling that “no factual determinations were made regarding the events of Jan. 6.” Trump attorney Nicholas Nelson contended that the events of Jan. 6 were not an insurrection in the legal sense and said that Trump has denied participating in an insurrection. “It’s not enough a riot happened for political reasons,” he said, adding that the “key element” of an “end game” was missing from the day’s events.

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