Donald Trump should be disqualified from running for president again due to his role in the 2021 assault on the United States Capitol, lawyers have argued, citing an insurrection clause in the Constitution.The former president, who currently enjoys a commanding lead in the race to be the Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election, should be barred from running on the grounds that he “incited a violent mob” on January 6, 2021, it was claimed as a trial opened in a Colorado courtroom on Monday.The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington advocacy group has launched a lawsuit seeking to use a Civil War-era provision of the US Constitution barring anyone who has engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” from holding federal office.
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