LOADING ERROR LOADINGA group of California lawmakers are exploring a new method of potentially removing Donald Trump from the state’s ballot over the former president’s alleged 14th Amendment violations. “We all watched in horror Mr. Trump’s insurrection against the United States when he ordered a mob of his supporters to the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 to intimidate Vice President [Mike] Pence and the United States Congress and interrupt the certification [of] the 2020 Presidential Election that Mr. Trump lost,” the letter states. Trump’s role in the attack on the Capitol is the focus of one of four recent indictments against him. The lawmakers hope that asking Bonta to spearhead the effort could speed things along. AdvertisementWhile efforts in other states to invoke the 14th Amendment against Trump have gone through secretaries of state and voter lawsuits, this could be the first time a state’s attorney general got behind such an endeavor.

Source: Huffington Post September 20, 2023 13:46 UTC