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For: EFE Updated 22 Apr 2022, 19: 37 pm EDT
WASHINGTON – Marjorie Taylor Greene,
the controversial US congresswoman known for her support of Donald Trump and her outbursts in the House of Representatives, faces a trial court case for his alleged support for the assault on Congress that could prevent him from standing for re-election in the November elections.
If he loses this battle, Greene could remain in Congress until his term expires in January 2023, but could not compete in the November elections.
A group of voters have sued Greene, representative of Georgia, because they consider that the legislator encouraged the assault on the Capitol on 6 of January 2021 and that goes against Amendment number 14 of the Constitution, which establishes that a member of Congress cannot be implicated do in an “insurrection or rebellion”.
Greene tried this Friday to refute these accusations and assured that, despite his messages on Twitter with the label “#FightForTrump” (Fight for Trump) , she did not know that a group of supporters of the Republican was planning to break into the Capitol to prevent the electoral victory of the current president, Joe Biden, from being certified.
“I do not support violence of any kind. My words never ever mean violence,” said Greene, who answered most questions vaguely and with a smile.
Grene repeated in court, in which he testified under oath, some of Trump’s lies about electoral fraud and that prompted the assault on the Capitol, in which five people died.
Among other things, the legislator repeated that there was a “tremendous amount of fraudulent activity” that prevented Trump from being re-elected.
With your appearance, Greene became the first congresswoman from the Republican Party to publicly testify for the assault on Capitol Hill.
A congressional committee, created by the president of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, is investigating the attack on Capitol Hill and who could be responsible, but all their meetings are behind closed doors a.
Greene’s name already appears on ballots in the Georgia Republican primary of 24 of May, in which she starts as the favorite but will have to face several candidates, including the businesswoman Jennifer Strahan, the favorite of the moderates.
Despite the fact that a judge is the one supervising the judicial process, the last word will be held by the Secretary of State of Georgia, Republican Brad Raffensperger, who is the highest electoral authority and who will be the one to examine the magistrate’s conclusions to decide whether or not Greene can stand for election.
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