insurrection
The 14th Amendment bans insurrectionists from seeking office, and the question of whether Trump can even be on the ballot is likely headed to the high court.
Two constitutional law academics determined that the Constitution bars Trump from becoming president again due to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
The former Biden White House press secretary said it's "despite what Donald Trump says on the campaign trail and wants his followers to believe."
“We’ll have fun on the stand with all of these people that say the Presidential Election wasn’t Rigged and Stollen,” he wrote on social media.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Right-wing conspiracy theorists believe Epps to be an undercover federal agent who urged a pro-Trump mob to provoke violence on Jan. 6, 2021.
By failing to remind our audience what Trump did each and every time we mention him, journalists normalize his attempt to end American democracy on that January day.
Federal authorities say a Southern California man who assaulted police with pepper spray during the storming of the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison.
Legal experts say the term insurrection has a specific meaning — a violent uprising that targets government authority.
“I can’t help him,” said Christie, a onetime Trump ally and potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate himself.
An attorney for Geoffrey Sills, 31, said he went to Washington on Jan. 6 with a gas mask and tactical gear “because his president asked him to.”