Lawsuit challenging Marjorie Taylor Greene reelection can proceed, judge rules -Breaking
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© Reuters. FILEPHOTO: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia holds a press conferee outside the U.S. Capitol after a private trip to the Holocaust Museum. This was to show repentance for remarks that were made in the past about Jewish people. Washington, U.S., June 14, 2021WASHINGTON (Reuters] – Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican representative, is allowed to file a lawsuit against her. She claims she’s unfit for office after supporting rioters at the U.S. Capitol. A federal judge ruled Monday.
A group of Georgia voters filed a challenge to the Georgia Secretary-of-State, alleging that Greene had violated the U.S. Constitution after the U.S. Civil War. This provision is known as the “Insurrectionist disqualification clause.”
Greene requested a temporary injunction to stop the lawsuit. He argued that it would not be settled before Georgia’s May 24 primary elections.
Amy Totenberg, U.S. District Court for Northern District of Georgia, wrote a 73-page decision on the injunction. The court focused on Greene “establishing a strong probability of prevailing upon the merits of her claims.”
Totenberg said that Greene “had failed to establish a substantial chance of success on its merits.”
Greene downplayed, and even justified, the Jan. 6th, 2021 attack in which Donald Trump supporters stormed Capitol, fighting with police for entry.
Trump’s fiery speech near the White House reiterated his fraudulent claims about his defeat in 2020 as a result of widespread fraud.
Greene stated that Jan. 6 was a riot at Capitol, and that if you look at what our Declaration of Independence states, it is to overthrow the tyrants.” Greene made this statement during an October radio show.
She stated in an earlier statement that she opposed all forms political violence.
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