DENVER — The Denver judge who will decide if Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on Colorado's presidential primary ballot heard from a 14th Amendment expert on Wednesday, who testified its prohibition on holding office applies to the presidency and that evidence of violence was historically not necessary to show someone violated the insurrection clause.
An official from the Colorado Secretary of State's Office also spoke about the routine practice of excluding candidates from the ballot who do not meet the legal qualifications.
Lawyers for Trump, meanwhile, presented two witnesses whose testimony addressed the steps the administration reportedly took to minimize violence and deter pro-Trump "crazies" from causing problems on Jan. 6, 2021.
Four Republican and two unaffiliated voters have petitioned to force Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold to exclude Trump from next year's primary ballot under the theory that he is ineligible to hold office. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars members of Congress or "an officer of the United States" from occupying state or federal office if they have taken an oath to the U.S. Constitution, but subsequently "engaged in insurrection."
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