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December 28, 2023

Michigan Court Rules Trump's Name Can Remain on 2024 Ballot Despite Attempted Insurrection
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Michigan's Supreme Court has ruled Donald Trump can remain on the
state's primary ballot. The court declined to hear a lawsuit arguing
that the former president was constitutionally ineligible for public
office after inciting the January 6 insurrection. Last week, Colorado's
Supreme Court disqualified Trump, citing the insurrection clause of the
14th Amendment, which was written to prevent Civil War Confederates from
returning to government. The Republican Party in Colorado has appealed
the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, ensuring that Donald Trump's name
will remain on the Colorado primary ballot since it has to be printed up
in the next few weeks. A number of other states, including Maine, are
hearing similar cases. On Wednesday, Trump filed a request for the
Democratic secretary of state of Maine to recuse herself from the case.

Meanwhile, in Colorado, the FBI and local police are investigating a
slew of threats targeting judges who voted last week to disqualify Trump
from the 2024 ballot.

In other Trump news, special counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal
court to bar the former president from sowing disinformation in his
federal 2020 election interference case. In a filing, prosecutors wrote,
"The Court should not permit the defendant to turn the courtroom into a
forum in which he propagates irrelevant disinformation, and should
reject his attempt to inject politics into this proceeding."


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