insurrection
A step-by-step guide to how an obscure constitutional provision now threatens Trump's political future.
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 January 6, 2021, insurrection.
“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.
US Congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spoken to her followers on Instagram about her experience during the Capitol Insurrection, when Trump supporters stormed the government building to show that they believed the election was “stolen”. Ocasio-Cortez revealed during the Instagram Live that she was a survivor of sexual assault, but the storming of the building had led to “trauma compounding trauma.”
One plot includes surrounding the Capitol and murdering Democrats to allow Republicans to take control of the government.