Attorneys Blast Left’s Newest Plot to Remove Pres. Trump From Ballot – One America News Network


PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 15: Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the stage after speaking during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump announced that he was seeking another term in office and officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the stage after speaking during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

OAN’s Daniel Baldwin
8:00 AM – Friday, September 1, 2023

As 45th President Donald Trump continues to dominate the Republican primary, liberal groups have explored invoking a section of the 14th Amendment to possibly bar Trump from running for office in certain states.

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“It’s an absolutely insane theory,” said constitutional attorney Jesse Binnall.

They claim Section 3 of the 14th Amendment reads: “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, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, 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. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”

“On January 6th, 2021, Donald Trump encouraged people to peacefully and patriotically make their voices heard,” Binnall told One America News. “That is not an insurrection. That is not giving aid or comfort to the enemy. You know what is giving aid and comfort to the enemy? Engaging in business with either our enemies or other corrupt countries such as Ukraine — what the Bidens have done.”

“So under this theory, Secretary of States shouldn’t remove Donald Trump from the ballot,” Binnall continued. “They should remove Joe Biden from the ballot, but nobody’s saying that.”

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes addressed this possible issue in an interview with local outlets.

“Now, the Arizona Supreme Court said that because there’s no statutory process in federal law to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, you can’t enforce it,” Fontes said on “The Gaggle” podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com.

Binnall emphasized that even talking about this possibility is a slippery slope for both sides.

“It’s absolute insanity to start taking people off the ballot unilaterally,” Binnall said. “Just having bureaucrats pull people off the ballot, which is what these extreme left-wing people want to have happen.”

He claimed that under no reading of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment would support removing Trump from the ballot in any state. He specifically highlighted the use of the word “officer” in the text to support Trump.

“If you want to be technical about it, a plain reading of the text of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the president is not an officer of the United States,” Binnall explained. “The officers of the United States are people who are appointed by the president, not the president himself. They specifically provided four members of Congress, and they therefore excluded the president.”

Some left wing groups are likely to bring lawsuits regarding this part of the Constitution as election season nears. It could trigger legal chaos that goes as high as the U.S. Supreme Court.

“They don’t want the people to choose the next president,” Binnall said.”

“We must, at the end of this, make sure that this never happens again,” Binnall continued. “And the way that we do that is accountability, criminal accountability, for the people that are doing this to our country.”

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‘Unfair Violation of Trump’s Due Process’ – Legal Experts Blast Judge’s March 4 Trial Date as Unreasonable – One America News Network


Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departure from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Former President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departure from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

OAN’s Daniel Baldwin
1:23 PM – Monday, August 28, 2023

The federal judge overseeing 45th President Donald Trump’s federal case regarding his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results set a March 4, 2024 trial date – one day before Super Tuesday.

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“This is a totally unfair violation of President Trump’s due process and the duty of the attorney to prepare for this case,” Paul Kamenar, counsel for the National Legal and Policy Center, told One America News.

Tanya Chutkan rejected both sides’ proposals for a trial date. Special Counsel Jack Smith proposed Jan. 2, 2024 and Trump’s attorneys pitched April 2026. Chutkan rejected both, but settled on a date eight weeks later than Smith’s proposal.

“There’s no way that any defense attorney can prepare this kind of defense for this kind of a case in that short amount of time,” Kamenar said.

A Trump spokesperson slammed this trial date, saying it deprived the 45th president of his “Constitutional right to a fair trial.”

“Crooked Joe Biden, Deranged Jack Smith, and their henchmen continue to abuse the American justice system in their goal of interfering in the 2024 Presidential Election in order to prevent President Trump from returning to the Oval Office,” said the unnamed spokesperson. “The date set today deprives President Trump of his Constitutional right to a fair trial, a seminal bedrock of America, and continues to expose the corruption of the witch hunts being thrown against President Trump. From setting a trial date for the day before “Super Tuesday” to sending a fundraising email the moment of President Trump’s processing in Fulton County, the Biden regime is no longer hiding its nakedly political motivations. President Trump will not be deterred, he will fight these hoaxes at every turn, and will win for the American people.”

Central to Chutkan’s ruling was the access Trump’s legal team had to the 12.8 million documents the government handed over in discovery. Prosecutors claimed that Trump’s team had access to more than seven million of these documents as they stemmed from his political action committees, the National Archives and Records Administration, and Secret Service. They also claimed there were numerous duplicate documents in discovery as well.

“You have to look at these documents to make sure that they are duplicates,” Kamenar explained. “That takes time. You can’t just push a button and find out that things are duplicated or look for search terms. You have to read these. You have to analyze these, you have to prepare for cross-examination of these witnesses.”

Chutkan also appeared to be sympathetic to prosecutors arguing that Trump had nearly a year to begin preparing to face charges in this case as he and his team were aware of the grand jury investigation since September 2022.

“The judge is basically saying, ‘Well, you knew this indictment was going to come along, because we had the grand jury last fall convene,’” said Kamenar. “Well, just because you have a grand jury convening does not obligate a defense attorney who’s not even hired in the case to start preparing for defense. You don’t even know what the charges are. This is a totally unfair violation of President Trump’s due process rights.”

Chutkan, an Obama appointed judge who called Black Lives Matter protests “mostly peaceful” in a previous ruling, also said Trump’s team “knew” the indictment was coming. Kamenar claimed that phrasing sent a message loud and clear.

“That to me showed that the deal was done, so to speak, to go after Trump,” Kamenar said.

Lauro informed Chutkan he would be submitting pretrial motions regarding executive immunity and selective prosecution. He indicated the motion on executive immunity could come as soon as this week.

“Executive immunity basically says that everything that was charged in this indictment occurred while President Trump was still president,” Kamenar explained. “And under Supreme Court law, he has executive immunity in terms of any civil suits that are filed against him. And there’s a good legal argument that he should have immunity for any criminal charges that are brought against him in the course of his executing his duties.”

“If [executive immunity] is denied, [Trump’s legal team] has a right to go immediately to the Court of Appeals to get that reviewed,” Kamenar continued. “And that’s going to take three to six months just to sort that out.”

The March 4th trial date will also overlap with Trump’s New York case, which is scheduled to go to trial on March 25th.

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