Comments by "Psongman" (@psongman9536) on "Trump asks appeals court to throw out 2020 case" video.

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  13.  @kennethsword551  I followed this legal issue from the beginning. Here is a summary of what went done in those week long legal proceedings, so stop making stuff up and deceiving! Lawyers representing a group of Colorado voters delivered closing arguments on Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the state's ballot next year over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. The voters are seeking to use the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment, which bars officials who have engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" from holding public office, to argue that Trump is ineligible to run for president in 2024. The provision was ratified in 1868 following the U.S. Civil War. Sean Grimsley, a lawyer representing the voters, said the riot at the Capitol was Trump's "final desperate attempt to hold onto power in violation of the Constitution." During his closing argument, Grimsley argued that Trump intended for his supporters to resort to violence and added: "Through his actions and his actions alone, Donald Trump has disqualified himself from ever holding office again." The case represents a test of legal efforts to use the 14th Amendment to block Trump's candidacy. It is the first such case to go to trial. Scott Gessler, a lawyer for Trump, faulted plaintiffs in the case for relying on the findings of the Democratic-led House committee that investigated the Capitol riot, which he said was biased against Trump. "The petitioners are asking this court to do something that has never been done in the history of the United States," Gessler said. "The evidence doesn't come close to allowing the court to do it this time." Lawyers in the case on Wednesday made their final pitch to Colorado District Court Judge Sarah Wallace, who will decide the case, following a weeklong trial that featured testimony from U.S. lawmakers, legal experts and Republican political activists.
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