Greene, a Trump ally in the US House of Representatives, is seeking re-election this year in her Georgia district.
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene should be allowed to run for re-election, a US judge has ruled, rejecting an argument by a group of Georgia voters that her comments about the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol made her unfit for federal office.
Friday’s ruling by Charles Beaudrot Jr, an administrative law judge in Atlanta, is just a recommendation.
Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, will make the final decision whether Greene, also a Republican, qualifies. run for re-election.
Greene, a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, who represented a county of Georgia in the US House of Representatives, is seeking re-election this year.
The Republican primaries are scheduled for May 24 and the general election for November 8.
Greene, in comments to the media, downplayed and justified last year’s attack on the US Congress by Trump Supporters in their failed attempt to block congressional certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
A spokesperson for Greene did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the judge’s ruling.
In a new legal challenge, a group of Georgia voters accused Greene of violating a provision of the U.S. Constitution known as the “Fashionist Disqualification Clause” by advocating a referendum. Protests incited before the attack on the Capitol.
The constitutional provision, added after the American Civil War in the 1860s, forbids politicians from running for Congress if they participate in “insurrection or rebellion” or in “aiding or consoling” criminals. nation’s enemy.
In his ruling, Beaudrot wrote: “The Court concludes that the evidence in this matter is insufficient to establish that Representative Greene, previously sworn in as a Member of Congress…supports the Constitution. law of the United States…participating in an uprising or rebellion against the same, or [gave] aid or comfort to their enemies. “
At the rally just before the January 6 riots, Trump tell his supporters marched to the Capitol and “battled like hell”, repeating his false claims that the election was stolen through widespread voter fraud.
Trump supporters have attacked police, ransacked parts of the Capitol and sent lawmakers into hiding for their own safety.
“I asked everyone to join a peaceful march, which everyone is entitled to do,” Greene told the judge at an April hearing about the attempt to prevent her from voting. “I’m not asking them to actively engage in violence.”
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An administrative judge REFUSES a 14th Amendment disenfranchisement challenge against Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG), introduced her as QUALIFIED to be a candidate for public office.
Background, there is an early story, @LawCrimeNews: https://t.co/n2KJMoG4BO pic.twitter.com/Scls5ZyfeM
– Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 6, 2022
