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Denver judge rejects Trump motion to dismiss ballot disqualification case mid-trial
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The Denver judge responsible for deciding whether Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot denied the former president’s mid-hearing motion on Wednesday to end the case in his favor. Since Monday, lawyers for the four Republican and two unaffiliated voters who filed the case against Trump have presented evidence and…
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Denver judge overseeing Trump disqualification case won’t recuse over political contribution
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On the first morning of a weeklong hearing to determine if Donald Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on Colorado’s 2024 presidential primary ballot, the judge overseeing the case rejected Trump’s request to recuse herself over a $100 political contribution she made prior to taking the bench. Scott Gessler, an attorney for Trump, “reluctantly” filed…
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Colorado voters file suit to block Trump from 2024 ballot
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Four Republican and two unaffiliated voters filed suit in state court in Denver on Wednesday seeking to block the secretary of state from placing Donald Trump on any future primary or general election ballot in Colorado. A Trump spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the suit. The lawsuit contains prominent…
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‘Our leaders need to do more:’ Colorado family honors school shooting victims at Capitol
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Around 200 people have been killed in school shootings since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. On Monday afternoon, a Colorado family laid one rose for each victim on the steps of the state Capitol building. Stacy Ravenscroft placed the roses with her husband, sister and step-mom, along with the Centennial family’s 11 children. …
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Juneteenth flag flies at Colorado Capitol to honor new state holiday
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The Juneteenth flag is flying over the state Capitol building to commemorate the first official recognition of Colorado’s 11th state holiday. Gov. Jared Polis and members of the Black Democratic Legislative Caucus gathered at the Capitol Thursday to raise the flag in honor of the new holiday, which was officially designated last May when Polis…
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Denver judge dismisses Jan. 6 participant’s lawsuit against news anchor
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A Littleton man who posted online that he either was – or was with – the “first guy to storm” the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 failed to show that 9News anchor Kyle Clark defamed him in the course of his reporting, a Denver judge ruled on Monday. District Court Judge Ross B.H. Buchanan granted Clark’s…
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COVER STORY | Colorado’s Republican US Senate candidates introduce themselves to voters
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The eight Republicans running for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat shared the stage for the first time on a snowy night in Fort Lupton for a mostly cordial opportunity to pitch themselves to conservative voters as the candidate best-suited to take on Sen. Michael Bennet, the two-term Democratic incumbent. The Feb. 3 forum, sponsored by the…
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TRAIL MIX | Jason Crow proposes democracy toolkit on anniversary of Capitol attack
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A year ago, as a violent mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow recalled, he and other lawmakers were trapped in the House gallery in fear for their lives. “We sat there as the mob tried to break…
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Colorado officials reflect on 1-year anniversary of US Capitol attack
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On the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Colorado elected officials – including many who were inside the Capitol when it was stormed by a mob of Trump supporters – marked the occasion by asking the American public never to forget it, while others dismissed its comparison to momentous events…
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INSIGHTS | Crime, justice and cost are mounted on victims
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A great deal of energy and political capital is spent at the Colorado Capitol on criminal justice reform, which is not a bad thing, except when it leaves victims out of the equation. We have to remember that criminals aren’t where they are for praying too loudly in church. At the same time, justice must…
