Certain Democrats in Colorado are trying to keep Donald Trump off the ballot and a trial has begun to that end. Trump’s lawyers have tried to get the case thrown out, but the judge won’t allow that.
So now Trump has to defend himself against the ridiculous accusation that he incited an insurrection against the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
Here’s more from MSN:
Denver court began hearing arguments Monday in a lawsuit seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot over his role in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
The trial comes after Colorado Judge Sarah Wallace last week rejected the latest attempt by Trump to toss the lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of six voters in Denver district court last month.
The lawsuit argues Trump should be prohibited from running in future elections, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which states no person may hold office if they “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” after swearing under oath to support and defend the Constitution. The suit alleges Trump violated his oath of office in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The lawsuit was filed by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and several law firms on behalf of six Republican and unaffiliated voters.
Eric Olson, a lawyer for CREW, began the hearing by describing Trump’s conduct in the days leading up to Jan. 6, including a tweet in December 2020 telling his supporters that there would be a rally in Washington, D.C. Olson said Trump had repeatedly talked about Jan. 6 and argued that he riled up his supporters by encouraging them to come to D.C. that day while pushing false claims of election fraud.
Olson played a video clip of Trump’s speech on the Ellipse the morning of Jan. 6 that included a part when the then-president said “let’s walk down to the Capitol.” He argued that Trump “knew the power of his words” and that his speech agitated his supporters.
Olson also pointed to a tweet Trump posted shortly after the conclusion of his speech on the Ellipse that attacked then-Vice President Mike Pence for what he described as not having “the courage to do what he should have done.” He then played a clip showing the mob of Trump supporters outside the Capitol shouting: “Hang Mike Pence.”
Scott Gessler, a lawyer for Trump, decried the lawsuit as “antidemocratic” and characterized Monday’s hearing as “politicized” in opening arguments. He insisted that Trump had used the word “peace” several times during his speech on the Ellipse on Jan. 6 and in tweets that day. He argued that the lawsuit is an effort to get the court to endorse the report by the Jan. 6 Committee, which he described as a “one-sided poisonous report.”
Gessler said the defense will present evidence showing Trump took precautions on Jan. 6 to avoid violence and that the rally outside the Capitol was “peaceful.”
“We should allow only real evidence that’s subject to cross examination” rather than the Jan. 6 report “with little to no credibility,” Gessler said.
Just days after January 6th, a federal prosecutor who indicted people for inciting riots in Washington DC said that in his expert analysis Trump did not incite anything rebellious that day. And anyone with common sense and no ulterior agenda will come to the same conclusion. That’s why this trial is a farce and should have never been brought in the first place.