Lawsuit to bar Trump from participating in Colorado Republican primary
Lawsuit, filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and 3 law firms, argues that Trump is ineligible for office under Section 3 of Fourteenth Amendment
DENVER, Colorado – A group of six Republican and nonpartisan voters in Colorado has filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from running in the 2024 Republican primary.
The lawsuit, filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and three law firms, argues that Trump is ineligible for office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
That provision prohibits anyone who has “participated in insurrection or rebellion” from holding civil or military office.
The plaintiffs include former Colorado House and Senate Majority Leader Norma Anderson and former Republican Congresswoman Claudine Schneider.
“Spending 19 years as a state legislator and serving in leadership gave me the opportunity to work across the aisle and to always work to protect the freedoms our Constitution has given us as citizens,” she said.
“I am proud to continue that work by bringing this lawsuit and ensuring the eligibility of candidates on Colorado ballots.”
They claim Trump “knowingly and willingly aided and abetted” the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
“As a longtime Republican who voted for him, I believe Donald Trump disqualified himself from running in 2024 by spreading lies, vilifying election workers, and fomenting an attack on the Capitol,” plaintiff Krista Kafer, a Denver Post columnist and GOP activist, said in a statement.
“Those who by force and by falsehood subvert democracy are unfit to participate in it.”
The plaintiffs also point to Trump’s repeated false claims that the 2020 election was stolen as evidence of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol.
The lawsuit is the latest legal challenge to Trump’s eligibility to run for office.
In recent months, several groups in other states have filed similar lawsuits arguing that Trump should be barred from holding office.
Trump’s campaign has dismissed the lawsuits as “absurd conspiracy theories” and “political attacks.”
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