cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4561007
A liberal group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado, arguing he is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the U.S. Constitution aimed at candidates who have supported an “insurrection.”
In both houses of Congress, majorities (232–197 in the House and 57-43 in the Senate) found Trump to be liable for the insurrection:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump
That’s the indictment, the conviction needed to happen in the Senate and that didn’t happen.
It’s the equivalent of Jack Smith indicting Trump on 4 felony counts, if the jury fails to convict, it doesn’t mean anything.