A liberal-leaning watchdog warned Thursday that it would appeal to former President Donald Trump to keep him out of the vote if he ran for president in 2024.
In a letter to Mr. Trump, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington cited the post-Civil War clause in the U.S. Constitution, citing his role in the January 6 U.S. Capitol riots. “We will pursue your disqualification,” he said, as a reason.
Noah Bookbinder, the group’s president and CEO, addressed Trump, saying that the 14th Section 3 of the Amendment “is a riot against the Constitution after having previously taken an oath to uphold it.” or stipulates that no individual involved in an insurrection shall hold to any federal law.” Or state office. ”
This provision was intended to prevent Rebel officers from holding office in the United States government after the end of the Civil War. The bookbinder said it would disqualify Trump “because of your involvement in the riots that culminated on January 6, 2021.”
“The evidence is overwhelming that you were involved in the rioting as intended by the 14th Amendment, including mobilizing, inciting and supporting those who attacked the Capitol,” Bookbinder said. is writing
CREW posted the letter on its website.
Under this provision, which applied to the Jan. 6 riots, despite liberals’ attempts to block the run of Republican Congressmen Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia and Madison Cawthorne of North Carolina. , no one was expelled from a senior federal office.
A federal judge in New Mexico dismissed Otello County Commissioner Koey Griffin over the amendment.
