US presidential election Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to

US presidential election: Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to declare him eligible to vote in Colorado

The former White House tenant was recently declared ineligible to run in the next presidential election in the US states of Colorado and Maine because of his role in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021.

Former US President Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling that declared him ineligible to vote in the upcoming presidential election because of his role in the storming of the Capitol in January 2021, the New reports York Times.

On December 19, the Supreme Court of Colorado declared the former American president ineligible for election next November because of his stance on January 6, 2021, the day several of his supporters invaded the Federal Building in Washington DC to demand the Democrat's victory To contest Joe Biden, declared ineligible.

Former president also found ineligible to vote in Maine

Another US state, Maine, estimated that the Republican billionaire was “unfit” for office on the basis of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution – which provides for the exclusion from all public liability for those who have taken part in acts of insurrection of the President.”

In response, Donald Trump's lawyers this time asked the courts of the state of Maine to overturn the decision of the Maine Secretary of State, which was described as “biased” and “arbitrary and capricious.”

Hugues Garnier with AFP journalist BFMTV

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