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Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) criticized the decision by the Maine secretary of state to bar former President Trump from the primary ballot Thursday, saying he should only be left off if convicted of a crime. The moderate Democrat said he believes Trump is responsible for the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, but that he should still…
The decision makes Maine the second state to disqualify Trump from office, after the Colorado Supreme Court handed down its own stunning ruling that removed him from the ballot earlier this month.
Former President Nixon’s White House attorney John Dean said Thursday he believes the Maine decision to remove former President Trump from the ballot will be difficult to overturn, calling it “very solid.” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) determined late Thursday that Trump should be kept off the state’s primary ballot because his conduct…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has ruled that former President Donald Trump's primary petition is "invalid," though she also suspended the impact of her decision, which means that it may never take effect.
The campaign to have former President Donald Trump removed from the ballot over his efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election has kicked into high gear, with decisions in two states, Maine and Colorado, barring him from the primary ballots. Challenges are still underway in many more states, based on an obscure clause of a constitutional amendment enacted after the Civil War that disqualifies government officials who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding office. Over the ye