Marjorie Taylor Greene

The challenge filed last month says the Republican congresswoman is ineligible to run under a provision of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ...

Greene filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month asking a judge to declare the law allowing voters to challenge a candidate’s qualifications unconstitutional and to prohibit state officials from enforcing it. The Georgia complaint was filed on the voters’ behalf by Free Speech for People, a national election and campaign finance reform group. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg in Atlanta on Monday declined a request from Greene to halt the challenge process while the lawsuit plays out. In their complaint, the voters cited tweets and statements Greene made before, during and after the riot. The law says any voter who’s eligible to vote for a candidate can challenge that candidate’s qualifications by filing a written complaint with the secretary of state within two weeks after the deadline for qualifying. The secretary of state then has to request a hearing before an administrative law judge.

Voters and a supporting legal group are seeking to knock the controversial Republican off the ballot for her role prior to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the ...

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Effort, brought by voters and liberal groups, to ban Greene for aiding the Capitol attack comes under the 14th amendment.

Although Greene was not on the steps of the Capitol, she played an important role in stoking Republican fury, Fein said. Ron Fein, a lawyer for the voters who filed the challenge, said Greene took an oath but broke it by engaging in an insurrection. Greene met Trump about objections to state results because of concerns about voter fraud, Bopp said. He tweeted: “I’m here in Atlanta to support [Greene] against the assault on democracy that is this effort to remove her from the ballot.” In Greene’s case, a federal judge said the 1872 law did not apply. A bipartisan Senate committee connected seven deaths to the riot.

The Georgia member of Congress is testifying in an administrative court.

The challenge to Greene's candidacy was mounted by a group of five voters from her congressional district who argued she is ineligible to run for federal office under a provision of the 14th Amendment that was ratified after the Civil War and meant to keep former Confederate officers and officials from holding public office again. He did say Greene met with former President Trump on January 3 "about making objections to certain states — based on evidence she believed constituted sufficient voter fraud." She said she was just looking to share details about the march.

La representante republicana Marjorie Taylor Greene comparece este viernes ante un tribunal de Georgia para enfrentar una demanda presentada por votantes ...

- En concreto, la "Cláusula de descalificación de los insurrectos" prohíbe que los políticos se postulen para el Congreso si se han involucrado en una "insurrección o rebelión" o si "han brindado ayuda o consuelo" a los enemigos de la nación. Una demanda novedosa. Las primarias republicanas están programadas para el 24 de mayo.

In an extraordinary administrative law hearing, the Georgia representative was forced to defend her actions surrounding the attack on the Capitol on Jan.

She was accompanied to the hearing by Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, and secured a statement from the far-right House Freedom Caucus declaring, “The left’s attempts to politicize the courts to achieve what they cannot at the ballot box puts America on a dangerous path.” As she entered the hearing, supporters cheered her. Ms. Greene has proved to be a headache for Republican leaders, with her taunting antics against Democrats and Republicans alike. But the proceeding afforded lawyers pressing the case against Ms. Greene to maintain their pressure and keep attention on her role on Jan. 6, and compel her to answer for it. It also created a potential distraction for Ms. Greene ahead of the May 24 primaries in Georgia. Ms. Greene denied calling Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “traitor to her country,” though the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Andrew Celli, produced a quotation from her saying just that. The Justice Department has brought in a well-regarded new prosecutor to help run the inquiry, while a high-profile witness — the far-right broadcaster Alex Jones — is seeking an immunity deal to provide information. The contentious hearing unfolded after a group of constituents from her Northwest Georgia district, supported by liberal lawyers, filed suit to block Ms. Greene, a vigorously right-wing lawmaker, from appearing on the ballot for re-election. This is a serious case that the voters who we represent have brought in order to offer proof that their United States representative seeking re-election, Marjorie Taylor Greene, having taken the oath to support the Constitution, then broke that oath and engaged in insurrection.” The legal case appeared to be on shaky ground as the administrative law judge, Charles R. Beaudrot, repeatedly sided with Ms. Greene’s lawyer, the prominent conservative election attorney James Bopp Jr., who maintained that much of the questioning violated his client’s right of free speech. This is not a place for political hyperbole. “I was not asking them to actively engage in violence.” She said she did not recall meeting with any of the instigators.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday was being cross-examined in federal court about the Jan. 6 insurrection and comments she has made over the ...

"I believe that not securing the border violates her oath of office." I don't recall." I don't think so. - Asked if she or her office provided "any support for any demonstrations that occurred on Jan. 6," she said, "I have no idea. - Asked if, before Jan. 6, she had "heard that people were planning to enter the Capitol on Jan. 6 and engage in violence," Greene repeatedly responded, "No." - Greene said she couldn't remember meetings with lawmakers or the White House about plans for Jan. 6, despite avideo showing her at the White Housesaying she had "a great planning session for our Jan. 6 objection."

Under oath, Greene testified “I don't remember” to multiple questions during the hearing, aimed at determining whether she's eligible to run for re-election ...

Greene was asked numerous questions about if she had any connection to the events that occured on Jan. 6, 2021, and in the days leading up to the riot. The attorney then presented evidence that she did make that statement. Asked when she first became aware that there would be a large demonstration on that day, Greene said, "I don't recall."

A group of constituents seeks to block Greene from the ballot in Georgia, based on a post-Civil War-era policy keeping insurrectionists out of office.

The challenge to Greene's candidacy was mounted by a group of five voters from her congressional district who argued she is ineligible to run for federal office under a provision of the 14th Amendment that was ratified after the Civil War and meant to keep former Confederate officers and officials from holding public office again. The administrative judge in Greene's case, Charles Beaudrot, said he will try to make a decision within about a week or so. She treated the conditions, made it possible for there to be an explosion of violence. She said she was just looking to share details about the march. He referred to video interviews, especially the one in which Greene said Trump supporters could not "allow power to transfer peacefully like Joe Biden wants." Then, he will make a recommendation to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about Greene's candidacy, and it will be up to him to decide whether to remove her from the ballot. He did say Greene met with former President Trump on Jan. 3 "about making objections to certain states — based on evidence she believed constituted sufficient voter fraud." Greene rebuffed most of Celli's points, either by criticizing the way the videos were edited or for airing on CNN, which she claimed was unreliable. Celli also asked if she knew of certain groups planning demonstrations on Jan. 6, 2021, Greene responded, "I don't recall." She said she did not. Greene also repeatedly said she didn't remember if she talked to other members of Congress or anyone in the White House about protests planned for that day. She said she did not remember.

The congresswoman simply couldn't remember anything about her alleged role in the January 6 insurrection—or before that—while being questioned under oath on ...

To honor your privacy preferences, this content can only be viewed on the site it originates from. To honor your privacy preferences, this content can only be viewed on the site it originates from. Andy Biggs or Paul Gosar about them, if she spoke to anyone at the White House about them, or if she had been told by anyone that there might be violence in Washington on January 6, Greene responded, “I don’t remember”—to every single question.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was confronted in court on Friday over past social media posts advocating violence against Democrats.

Greene also denied having any knowledge of liking a post on her personal Facebook, advocating that Pelosi be shot in the head and executed. I don't recall saying all of this." "I don't remember. "She took an oath to protect American citizens and uphold our laws. "Oh no, wait, hold on now. Wait. Hold on now --" Green quickly interjected.

Greene is set to appear on the Republican ballot for Georgia's May 24 primary and has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The administrative law ...

The secretary of state then has to request a hearing before an administrative law judge. Once he submits findings, Raffensperger will be tasked with deciding the eligibility of Greene, a Trump loyalist, as he faces a tough primary challenge from a Trump-endorsed candidate. But Ron Fein, a lawyer for the voters who filed the challenge, said Greene took an oath and then broke it by engaging in an insurrection. Bopp said that Greene was engaging in protected political speech. The challenge to Greene’s eligibility to run for reelection was filed by five voters who live in her district, and the procedure for such a challenge is outlined in Georgia law. The group filed similar challenges on behalf of voters in Arizona, where a judge on Friday ruled to keep three Republicans on the ballot, and in North Carolina against Republican U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who spoke at the rally that preceded the riot. At the time of the riot, Greene was in a dark hallway at the Capitol urging people via social media to be safe and remain calm, he said. “They want to deny the right to vote to the thousands of people living in the 14th District of Georgia by removing Greene from the ballot,” he said. Celli played a clip of an interview Greene did Jan. 5, 2021, in which she said this is “our 1776 moment.” When Celli asked if she was aware some Trump supporters used that reference as a call to violence, Greene said that wasn’t her intention and that she was talking about her plans to object to the certification of electoral votes. When asked about the fact that her Facebook account had, in 2019, “liked” a post calling for Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be shot in the head, Greene said she had no memory of that and said someone else could have been responsible. Greene has repeatedly denied aiding or engaging in an insurrection and has filed a lawsuit alleging that the law the voters are using to challenge her eligibility is itself unconstitutional. ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was hostile during testimony Friday in a hearing on her eligibility to run for reelection, saying she did not remember liking and making various social media posts surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol last year and accusing an opposing lawyer of using chopped videos and twisting her words.

A group of Georgia voters is hoping an arcane Constitutional law could knock U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off the ballot.

Campos said that Congress can enforce the provision, both in terms of its own internal rules and by statute. It's not likely discussion about the provision will soon cease. "The Supreme Court chose the president back in 2000 with Bush v. Greene isn't the only lawmaker whose reelection bid has been questioned on the basis of the provision recently. This is so unprecedented that you actually really can't predict what people on the Court would say in a case like this." But once there, it's hard to know how the Court will proceed. "The January 6th Capitol riot is widely understood as an insurrection," Magliocca said. The 14th Amendment, which is comprised of five sections, was ratified in 1868, shortly after the Civil War came to an end. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability." "In other words, people holding office would not be former Confederates," Foner said. Here's what you need to know about the provision and how its influencing the 2022 midterm elections. The riot stemmed from efforts to stop the certification of Joe Biden's presidential election win.