{"id":29364,"date":"2024-02-29T07:23:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T01:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/illinois-judge-rules-trump-ineligible-for-republican-primary-ballot-over-jan-6-riot\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T07:23:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T01:53:16","slug":"illinois-judge-rules-trump-ineligible-for-republican-primary-ballot-over-jan-6-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/illinois-judge-rules-trump-ineligible-for-republican-primary-ballot-over-jan-6-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois judge rules Trump ineligible for Republican primary ballot over Jan. 6 riot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Illinois judge ruled Wednesday that former President Donald Trump should be taken off of the state’s ballot for the primary election, citing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n
The decision came from the Circuit Court of Cook County, and the judge put the order on pause in anticipation of an appeal. The Illinois primary is March 19.<\/p>\n
The ruling from Judge Tracie R. Porter said that “based on engaging in insurrection on January 6, 2021…his name should be removed from the ballot.”<\/p>\n
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung bashed the ruling in a statement, arguing it was “unconstitutional” and saying it would be appealed. He also lashed out at the judge, calling her an “activist Democrat judge.”<\/p>\n
A group of five petitioners asked the state on Jan. 4 to remove Trump from the ballot, the same day the former president submitted filings to appear on the primary ballot, Porter wrote in her ruling. The petitioners also asked the Circuit Court of Cook County for judicial review of the matter.<\/p>\n