Rachel Schilke is a breaking news reporter at the Washington Examiner. Originally from Frankfort, Illinois, she graduated from the University of Iowa in May 2022 and served as a managing editor at the Daily Iowan with a focus on crime and courts and local government. Follow her on X: @rachel_schilke.
Rep. Eric Swalwell will testify in a Colorado trial seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot, an effort that is gaining traction in multiple states.
A lawyer for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which brought the case, told the Hill on Monday that Swalwell will explain"how the mob” that forcefully entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, “disrupted the core constitutional process of a peaceful transfer of power.” CREW press secretary Jenna Grande confirmed to the Washington Examiner that Swalwell would testify.
Trump lost his bid to toss out the case in Colorado on Oct. 27 after a judge dismissed arguments from Trump's lawyers that the eligibility to appear on a ballot is up to Congress, not the courts. District Court Judge Sarah Wallace rejected these claims and will be the sole judge overseeing the bench trial that begins Monday, meaning that there will not be a jury.
The former president's attorneys had also argued to Wallace that Trump's speech on Jan. 6 was protected under the First Amendment and he did not violate the 14th Amendment because he did not participate in the riots. However, the lawsuit alleges he instigated it and thereby represents his alleged violation of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Trump is not expected to attend the hearing and denies wrongdoing.
"The people who are pursuing this absurd conspiracy theory and political attack on President Trump are stretching the law beyond recognition much like the political prosecutors in New York, Georgia, and DC. There is no legal basis for this effort except in the minds of those who are pushing it," Steven Cheung, spokesman for Trump, said in a previous statement to the Washington Examiner.
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