Tag: Insurrection
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Verdict: Colorado Springs-area resident found guilty on all charges in Capitol breach trial in D.C.
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After a lengthy deliberation that’s been rare for Capitol breach cases, Falcon resident Rebecca Lavrenz, known on social media as the “J6 Praying Grandma,” was convicted on all four federal misdemeanor charges for her participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, protest of the 2020 presidential election results in Washington, D.C. The trial began March 25…
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Trial begins for Falcon woman who says she carried God inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
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Click here to read the latest story on the verdict for this trial. Ten minutes spent on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, on what she considers a God-directed mission, could cost 71-year-old Falcon resident Rebecca Lavrenz up to a year in prison and fines of more than $200,000. Verdict: Colorado Springs-area resident found guilty…
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At SCOTUS, Colorado’s Justice Carlos Samour looms in Trump ballot disqualification arguments
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During Thursday’s oral arguments before the nation’s highest court about Donald Trump’s constitutional eligibility to remain on the ballot, the justices explicitly and indirectly channeled the member of Colorado’s Supreme Court who wrote the most impassioned critique of the legal effort to disqualify Trump. Justice…
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Colorado Republicans call case against Trump ‘unreal,’ Democrats say SCOTUS should bar ‘insurrectionist’
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Republicans and Democrats in Colorado expectedly hewed along partisan lines following Thursday’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which is weighing whether former president Donald Trump should be disqualified from the state ballot for allegedly engaging in an “insurrection” that culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. “It would be a…
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In their own words: Colorado justices argue for or against disqualifying Donald Trump
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Four of Colorado’s justices concluded on Tuesday that Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency because he engaged in “insurrection” and that a rarely-invoked constitutional provision applies, indeed, to the president. Three justices dissented, alleging that the trial failed to afford the former president due…
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Colorado’s justices disqualified Trump from the ballot. Now what? | ANALYSIS
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Roughly a decade ago, the 10th Circuit Court entertained a case about a New York resident who wished to become America’s next president. The man wanted his name on Colorado’s presidential ballot for the 2012 election. But there was one problem. He was a naturalized…
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Trump disqualified from 2024 ballot, Colorado Supreme Court rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of ordering Donald Trump removed from the 2024 presidential ballot on Tuesday, finding him constitutionally ineligible to hold future office. Trump’s campaign said it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Dec. 19, unsigned opinion was the first by any state supreme court to…
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Colorado man faces federal charges in connection to Jan. 6 riot
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Federal prosecutors have charged a Colorado Springs man in connection with the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors in the District of Columbia charged Tyler Ethridge, 33, with civil disorder, a felony, and related misdemeanor offenses. He was arrested Friday in Denver, and made an initial appearance in the District of Colorado,…
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EDITORIAL: Pot activist takes a cheap shot at Lauren Boebert
A CBD salesman who claims his products cure an amazing assortment of ills hopes to defeat the dynamic U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s Third Congressional District primary. The 74-year-old State Sen. Don Coram, a pro-pot activist, decided last week to leverage a fake news attack on Boebert — a young entrepreneur who represents the interests…