Former federal prosecutor slams Colorado Supreme Court's Trump decision as 'hot garbage'
Former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes reveals the 'ultimate irony' surrounding Colorado's decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot during 'FOX & Friends.'
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled to drop former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballots. While other states consider the same move, former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes ripped the "shocking" decision on "FOX & Friends" on Wednesday.
FRANCEY HAKES: It really is a shocking opinion. I read it. It is a couple of hundred pages of hot garbage. There is simply no defense for this anywhere in the Constitution. In fact, what these four unelected judges in Colorado have done for the rest of the 300 and some odd million of us in the country is decided without a trial, without a jury, without any due process, that former President Trump committed a crime, that is insurrection, which is akin to treason, which carries a very heavy, substantial criminal penalty. They've decided, these four, that he committed this crime and should therefore be left off the ballot because of the 14th Amendment that was passed in the wake of the Civil War. It isn't even applicable. It's never been applied before, and it is a shocking decision on their part.
Former President Donald Trump. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
The disqualification, which was made under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, is related to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Tuesday's 4-3 ruling is stayed until Jan. 4 because of likely appeals. Three justices on the Colorado Supreme Court dissented.
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement that an appeal would be filed on Tuesday night.
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Fox News' Bill Mears and Adam Sabes contributed to this report.
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