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Republican presidential candidate files lawsuit to keep Trump off New Hampshire ballot [1]

['Ross Ketschke', 'Https', 'Www.Facebook.Com Rossketschkewmur', 'News Reporter']

Date: 2023-08-30 02:40:00+00:00

ACTIONS AROUND JANUARY 6TH MAKE HIM INELIGIBLE TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE EVER AGAIN. AS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS STRUGGLE TO DETHRONE DONALD TRUMP AS THE CLEAR FRONT RUNNER IN THE 2024 PRIMARY... A VIRTUALLY UN- KNOWN CANDIDATE IS TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH THROUGH THE COURTS. <CASTRO INTERVIEW.M4A "00;10;03;07 "COLD HARD FACTS AND LAW. THAT'S IT TO ME. IF SOMEONE BREAKS THE LAW THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE."> JOHN ANTHONY CASTRO IS AN ATTORNEY FROM TEXAS. THIS WEEK - HE FILED A LAWSUIT IN MERRIMACK SUPERIOR COURT - ARGUING DONALD TRUMP IS INELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE... HIS REASON? CASTRO SAYS THE FORMER PRESIDENTS WORDS, ACTIONS, AND áINACTIONSá AROUND JANUARY 6TH VIOLATE THE 14TH AMENDMENT. <CASTRO INTERVIEW.M4A 00;08;46;16 "WE HAD SOMEONE WHO WAS WATCHING TV GIDDY AS A SCHOOL KID, SEEING THE US CAPITOL GETTING ATTACKED."> SECTION THREE OF THE AMENDMENT BARS THOSE WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN OR GIVEN AID OR COMFORT TO AN INSURRECTION FROM HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE. CASTRO - POINTS TO TRUMP TELLING MEMBERS OF THE PROUD BOYS TO STAND BACK AND STAND BY DURING A 2020 TELEVISED DEBATE - AND IS SUING TO KEEP THE PRESIDENT FROM EVEN BEING AN OPTION FOR VOTERS. <CASTRO INTERVIEW.M4A 00;06;57;26 "HE CAN'T HOLD ANY OFFICE, LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL. HE CAN'T EVEN GET ELECTED IN THE PALM BEACH CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S HOW SERIOUS IT IS."> JON GREABE - A LAW PROFESSOR AT U.N.H - SAYS THERE ARE KEY QUESTIONS THE COURTS WILL HAVE TO RULE ON IN THIS CASE... AND SAYS THIS CASE OR OTHERS LIKE IT MAY HAVE TO BE DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT. <UNH INTERVIEW.MP4 00;07;35;22 "IS WHAT HAPPENED DON JAN, 6TH AN INSURRECTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3 OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT. AND SECOND, GIVEN THE INFORMATION WE HAVE ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID AND DID NOT DO ON JAN. 6TH, DOES HE FALL WITHIN THE SWEEP OF THE PROHIBITION."> CASTRO SAYS HE'S FILING SIMMILAR LAWSUITS IN IPORTANT SWING STATES LIKE GOERGIA. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TELLS US THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS LAWSUIT AND ARE REVIEWING IT

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As challengers for the 2024 Republican nomination struggle to dethrone Donald Trump as the clear frontrunner, a virtually unknown candidate is trying to get the former president disqualified. John Anthony Castro, a Texas-based attorney running a longshot bid for the GOP nomination, filed a lawsuit in Merrimack Superior Court this week seeking an injunction that would force New Hampshire's Secretary of State to keep Trump's name off the ballot. In the court filing, Castro argues Trump violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which bars anyone who engaged in or provided aid or comfort to an insurrection from holding office. In an interview with News 9, Castro pointed to then-President Trump telling members of the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" during a 2020 debate ahead of the November election, and his messages posted to social media during the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as instances of "providing comfort" to an insurrection. "We had someone who was watching TV giddy as a school kid, seeing the U.S. Capitol getting attacked," Castro said. "He can't hold any office, local, state or Federal. He can't even get elected in the Palm Beach city council. That's how serious it is." The lawsuit comes as other members of Trump's party, including some in New Hampshire, have raised the argument of Trump's potential ineligibility because of the 14th Amendment. On Tuesday, New Hampshire's Secretary of State's office clarified that no action has been taken to bar Trump from the ballot. The attorney general's office said it is "carefully reviewing the legal issues involved" and is consulting with the secretary of state. A spokesperson for the attorney general told News 9 they are aware of the lawsuit filed by Castro and are reviewing it. Castro said he is filing similar lawsuits in important swing states, including Pennsylvania, Ohio and Georgia. Requests for comment from the Trump campaign were not immediately returned.

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[1] Url: https://www.wmur.com/article/republican-candidate-files-lawsuit-trump-nh-ballot/44943129

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