District Court of Colorado in case "Anderson v. Griswold" ruled that Donald Trump "engaged" in January 6th insurrection, as term is used in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment

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District Court of Colorado in case "Anderson v. Griswold" ruled that Donald Trump "engaged" in January 6th insurrection, as term is used in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment

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Colorado District Court Final Order: "298. Consequently, the Court finds that Petitioners have established that Trump engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021 through incitement, and that the First Amendment does not protect Trump’s speech."
Colorado District Court Final Order: "288. The Court concludes, based on its findings of fact and the applicable law detailed above, that Trump incited an insurrection on January 6, 2021 and therefore “engaged” in insurrection within the meaning of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment. First, the Court concludes that Trump acted with the specific intent to disrupt the Electoral College certification of President Biden’s electoral victory through unlawful means; specifically, by using unlawful force and violence. Next, the Court concludes that the language Trump employed was likely to produce such lawlessness."
Section 3 of 14th Amendment of US Constitution: "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath…to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."

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Colorado District Court Final Order: "298. Consequently, the Court finds that Petitioners have established that Trump engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021 through incitement, and that the First Amendment does not protect Trump’s speech."

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