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Donald Trump’s attorney took issue with a donation the judge made before taking the bench to a group that likened the Jan. 6 attack to an insurrection.
DENVER — On the first morning of a weeklong hearing to determine if Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on Colorado’s 2024 presidential primary ballot, the judge overseeing the case rejected Trump’s request to recuse herself over a $100 political contribution she made prior to taking the bench.
Scott Gessler, an attorney for Trump, “reluctantly” filed a motion on Saturday seeking Denver District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace’s recusal. Gessler indicated he only learned on Oct. 27 that, prior to her appointment as a judge, Wallace made a $100 contribution to the Colorado Turnout Project.
“Its website proudly proclaims that the group was formed ‘shortly after Colorado Republicans refused to condemn the political extremists who stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,'” Gessler wrote. “A contribution to the Colorado Turnout Project shows support for the view that January 6, 2021, constituted an ‘insurrection.'”
One of the key issues in the case is whether Trump is disqualified from seeking the presidency under the 14th Amendment, which bars federal and state officials from holding office if they engaged in an insurrection against the United States.
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