Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot

Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Former President Donald Trump speaks in Wellington, Ohio, on June 26, 2021 in his first big campaign-style rally since leaving the White House. Stephen Zenner, AFP/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/06/28/20210626-us-trump-ohio-afp.jpg"/><figcaption>Former President Donald Trump speaks in Wellington, Ohio, on June 26, 2021 in his first big campaign-style rally since leaving the White House. <em>Stephen Zenner, AFP/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LOS ANGELES, United States - An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled that Donald Trump cannot appear on the state&#x27;s presidential primary ballot because his actions surrounding the 2021 attack on the Capitol render him ineligible.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/06/29/22/trump-lunged-at-driver-to-try-to-join-capitol-riot-aide">Trump lunged at driver to try to join Capitol riot: aide</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/02/23/trump-can-be-sued-for-jan-6-riots-us-court-says">Trump can be sued for Jan 6 riots, US court says</a></li></ul><p>&quot;A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,&quot; the court wrote.</p><p>&quot;Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.&quot;</p><p>The ruling is on hold pending appeal until January 4.</p><p>hg/sst</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_4ndTRDshs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled that Donald Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot because his actions surrounding the 2021 attack on the Capitol render him ineligible.

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Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot

Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot

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Published Dec 20, 2023 07:41 AM PHT

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