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The Denver District Court Judge presiding over the former President Donald Trump’s case to prevent him from appearing on Colorado’s ballot for the 2024 presidential election, Sarah B. Wallace, has refused to recuse herself despite being requested to do so by defense attorneys.
This request was prompted after Trump’s legal team discovered that Judge Wallace had donated to a group known as the Colorado Turnout Project, as reported by Colorado Politics.
“Its website proudly proclaims that the group was formed ‘shortly after Colorado Republicans refused to condemn the political extremists who stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,’” Trump attorney Scott Gessler wrote in the motion seeking Wallace’s recusal, which was filed on Friday, according to the report.
“A contribution to the Colorado Turnout Project shows support for the view that January 6, 2021, constituted an ‘insurrection,’” Gessler said, given the group’s stated objective and goals.
Wallace, who donated $100 to the group prior to her appointment as a judge, did not concur; however.
“I can assure all of the litigants that prior to the start of this litigation and to this day, I have formed no opinion whether the events of Jan. 6 constituted an insurrection,” Wallace said in response to TeamTrump’s motion.
She also stated that she had not yet formed an opinion as to whether President Trump was involved in an insurrection or any of the other matters which must be determined during this hearing.
Nevertheless, she confirmed that she made a donation approximately one year ago, noting that such donations are not common for her.
“I do not dispute that on (October 15, 2022), prior to taking the bench, I apparently made a $100 contribution to the Colorado Turnout Project. That being said, prior to yesterday, I was not cognizant of this organization or its mission,” she said.
“It has always been my practice, whether I was entirely successful or not, to make contributions to individuals, not PACs (political action committees),” she added.
It is likely that the question of whether President Trump engaged in an “insurrection” on January 6, 2021 will be a pivotal point in this case.
According to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, individuals who have participated in insurrection…
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