Supreme Court strikes down Colorado ruling to remove Trump from 2024 ballot: Live

“Shortly after we win the presidency, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled,” Mr Trump said on Saturday.

“I know them both very well and we will restore peace through strength. Get that war settled. It’s a bad war. And Putin has so little respect for Obama that he’s starting to throw around the nuclear word,” Mr Trump added, seemingly in the false belief that Mr Biden’s former boss remains in charge.

There were plenty of moments during Mr Trump’s campaign events in Greensboro, North Carolina and later in Richmond when he appeared to struggle to deliver his speech or seemed to be confused.

Weisselberg, 76, arrived at the office of Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg early on Monday morning, CNN reported, after which he duly surrendered and appeared at Manhattan Criminal Court for processing wearing a Covid mask and handcuffs.

The defendant was then charged with five counts of perjury in the first degree, with the judge accepting that the plea deal he had agreed with Manhattan prosecutors, which saw him plead guilty to two of those five counts.

He was subsequently sentenced to five months in jail.

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“Today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision underscores the bedrock principles of our democracy and the rule of law,” said Harmeet K Dhillon, founder and managing partner of the Dhillon Law Group.

“This victory is not just for President Trump but for the integrity of our electoral system and the rights of voters across the country. The attempt to use the 14th Amendment in this manner was a dangerous overreach that, if left unchallenged, could have set a perilous precedent for future elections. We are proud to have defended the constitutional rights at stake and grateful for the Supreme Court’s unequivocal affirmation of these fundamental principles.”

Noah Bookbinder, president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the group that led the lawsuit against the former president in Colorado, released the following statement after the Supreme Court handed down its ruling:

While the Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump back on the ballot on technical legal grounds, this was in no way a win for Trump. The Supreme Court had the opportunity in this case to exonerate Trump, and they chose not to do so. Every court–or decision-making body–that has substantively examined the issue has determined that January 6th was an insurrection and that Donald Trump incited it. That remains true today. The Supreme Court removed an enforcement mechanism, and in letting Trump back on the ballot, they failed to meet the moment. But it is now clear that Trump led the January 6th insurrection, and it will be up to the American people to ensure accountability.

Supreme Court lawyer Neal Katyal writes:

It’s a win for Trump. At the same time, remember that the Supreme Court’s decision today did not do what Donald Trump had asked: clear him of insurrection. The Colorado court found that he so was, and Trump had an entire section of his SCOTUS brief arguing he was peaceful on 1/6. The Court didn’t do what he asked; it did not clear him. And the act’s decision leaves space for his criminal trial about Jan 6 to proceed, should the Court dispose of the other Trump immunity case quickly in the Spring (as it can and must). The Court took 25 days to render this decision. Anything longer in the immunity case would be deeply inconsistent with what it did here.

Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg is in court in Lower Manhattan charged with five counts of perjury in the first degree relating to Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial.