Trump’s lawyers argue he “in no way” engaged in insurrection

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 4 January 2024

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Trump appeals his Colorado ballot ban to SCOTUS, his lawyers arguing he “in no way” engaged in an insurrection. Krista Kafer, a longstanding Colorado Republican and plaintiff in the 14th Amendment case, gives her reaction to Trump’s appeal. Plus, the Biden administration sues Texas over the State’s immigration law on the day the House Speaker and GOP lawmakers visit the border. And, the names of Jeffrey Epstein's associates are made public after court documents are unsealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, Donald Trump, going to the Supreme Court, but what took them so long?
0:08.0	Tonight I'm Laura Coates live. Now this is the case we've all been watching and waiting for. Some might call
0:20.8	the big cahuna. Donald Trump asking the United States Supreme Court
0:25.3	the highest court in all the land
0:27.8	to overturn the Colorado State Supreme Court ruling
0:31.2	that took him off of the ballot under the 14th
0:33.6	Amendment's insurrectionist clause. Now team Trump says one he's not an
0:38.8	insurrectionist. They say what happened at the Capitol on January 6th,
0:43.1	the crowds breaking into the Capitol,
0:45.5	forcing lawmakers to literally run for their lives,
0:49.0	threatening to hang the Vice President of the United States,
0:51.8	wasn't even an insurrection.
0:53.6	Quote, the Colorado Supreme Court
0:55.9	erred in how it described President Trump's role
1:00.2	in the events of January 6th 2021.
1:03.0	It was not insurrection,
1:05.0	and President Trump in no way engaged in insurrection.
1:09.0	We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore.
1:16.0	I'll let you decide what you take from the moments that you all undoubtedly saw on January 6th.
1:24.4	But this is not just about Colorado.
1:27.6	Last week, Maine Secretary of State
1:29.4	removed Trump from the primary ballot.
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