The former president's lawyer called the argument 'anti-democratic.'
Winston Pingeon, former officer of the United States Capitol Police, is sworn in to testify during a hearing for a lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump off the state ballot, in court, Oct. 30, 2023, in Denver.Among the witnesses called so far during the historic five-day hearing in Denver were two police officers who were at the Capitol as well as experts on extremism and the history and context of the 14th Amendment itself -- and how it might apply to Trump.
Trump's attorney Scott Gessler, a former secretary of state for Colorado, said in his own opening remarks for the hearing, on Monday, that"It looks to extinguish the opportunity ... for millions of Coloradans, Colorado Republicans and unaffiliated voters, to be able to choose and vote for the presidential candidate they want," Gessler said.
"The events on Jan. 6, 2021, in the United States Capitol were horrific. It was a terrorist attack on the United States of America, an assault on democracy and an attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power," one of the officers, Danny Hodges, testified on Monday. Simi has done 217 interviews with right-wing extremists throughout his career, including with some with members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, he said.
During cross-examination with Gessler, Trump's lawyer, more clips of the former president were played, including when he condemned Nazis and white supremacists after the Charlottesville rally.Trump, however, infamously also said in the wake of the rally that "I think there is blame on both sides" and while "you had some very bad people" who attended the rally, "you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.
The U.S. attorney general at the time language had described engaging in insurrection as some direct overt act done with the intent to further the rebellion, Magliocca said.
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