Politics Reporter — The Associated Press

Nicholas Riccardi

The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear appeals from both a liberal group that sought to disqualify Donald Trump and the former president himself after a state judge ruled that Trump "engaged in insurrection" on Jan. 6, 2021, but can still appear on the state's ballot.

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Colorado Supreme Court will hear appeal of ruling that Trump can stay on ballot despite insurrection

November 21, 2023 at 6:42 p.m.

The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear appeals from both a liberal group that sought to disqualify Donald Trump and the former president himself after a state judge...

A Colorado judge on Friday found that former President Donald Trump engaged in insurrection during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol but rejected an effort to keep him off the state’s primary ballot because it’s unclear whether a Civil War-era Constitutional amendment barring insurrectionists from public office applies to the presidency.

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Colorado judge finds Trump engaged in insurrection, but rejects constitutional ballot challenge

November 17, 2023 at 9:26 p.m.

A Colorado judge on Friday found that former President Donald Trump engaged in insurrection during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol but rejected an effort to keep...

Scott Gessler, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, delivers closing arguments

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Colorado case using ‘insurrection’ argument to bar Trump from the ballot goes to the judge

November 16, 2023 at 9:10 a.m.

A Colorado judge on Wednesday heard closing arguments on whether former President Donald Trump is barred from the ballot by a provision of the U.S. Constitution that forbids those who...

A professor who is an expert in national security has testified that then-President Donald Trump could have mobilized the National Guard and federal law enforcement to protect the U.S. Capitol once violence broke out on Jan 6, 2021.

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Expert says Trump could have defended Capitol on Jan. 6 as disqualification case enters new phase

November 1, 2023 at 11:35 a.m.

A professor who is an expert in national security has testified that then-President Donald Trump could have mobilized the National Guard and federal law enforcement to protect the U.S. Capitol...

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely used “insurrection” clause of the Constitution should be dismissed as a violation of his freedom of speech.

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Trump argues First Amendment protects him from “insurrection” cases aimed at keeping him off ballot

September 25, 2023 at 1:01 p.m.

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely used “insurrection” clause of the Constitution should be dismissed as...

The Colorado judge overseeing the first significant lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot on Friday issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation in the case, saying the safety of those involved -- including herself and her staff — was necessary as the groundbreaking litigation moves forward.

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Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from Colorado ballot agrees to order banning threats, intimidation

September 22, 2023 at 2:01 p.m.

The Colorado judge overseeing the first significant lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot on Friday issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation...

The Colorado Republican Party on Saturday selected a combative former state representative who promised to be a "wartime" leader as its new chairman, joining several other state GOPs this year that have elected far-right figures and election conspiracy theorists to their top posts.

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Colorado GOP selects combative, election-denying new leader

March 11, 2023 at 9:17 p.m.

The Colorado Republican Party on Saturday selected a combative former state representative who promised to be a "wartime" leader as its new chairman, joining several other state GOPs this year...

A former lawyer for Donald Trump's reelection campaign has been formally censured by a judge after admitting she made repeated misstatements about the 2020 presidential election. Jenna Ellis acknowledged making 10 separate false statements on television and Twitter about the election. At the time, Ellis was a senior attorney for Trump's campaign. Among her incorrect statements were claiming that Trump actually won the election and hat there were 500,000 illegal votes in Arizona. Ellis was censured by Colorado's office of attorney regulation. She is from Colorado.

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Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis censured by Colorado legal officials for falsehoods about election

March 9, 2023 at 1:12 p.m.

A former lawyer for Donald Trump's reelection campaign has been formally censured by a judge after admitting she made repeated misstatements about the 2020 presidential election. Jenna Ellis acknowledged making...

The defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a voting machine company is revealing some bluntly negative behind-the-scenes Fox attitudes toward Donald Trump. One text message from Fox prime-time host Tucker Carlson says outright, “I hate him passionately.” Carlson also says, in what he believed was a private conversation on Jan. 4, 2021, that “there really isn’t an upside to Trump.” The messages, contained in court filings, were released at the same time the former president was praising Carlson on social media as doing a “great job” in public for showing U.S. Capitol security video — which Carlson used to produce a false narrative of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

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Tucker Carlson’s scorn for Trump revealed in court papers

March 8, 2023 at 1:40 p.m.

The defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a voting machine company is revealing some bluntly negative behind-the-scenes Fox attitudes toward Donald Trump. One text message from Fox prime-time host Tucker...

In a basement event space in the Denver suburb of Parker, Tina Peters surveyed a crowd of Colorado Republicans last week and made an unusual pitch for why she should become chair of their beleaguered party: “There's no way a jury of 12 people is going to put me in prison.”

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Failing at polls, election deniers — including Colorado’s Tina Peters — focus on state GOP posts

February 27, 2023 at 8:57 a.m.

In a basement event space in the Denver suburb of Parker, Tina Peters surveyed a crowd of Colorado Republicans last week and made an unusual pitch for why she should...

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