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Trump attorney says eligibility to serve not an issue until after election

Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday.
Bryan Woolston
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AP
Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge heard competing arguments Thursday on whether former President Donald Trump should be allowed to appear on the statewide ballot next year.

A voters group argues Trump is not eligible under the insurrection clause of the U-S Constitution due to actions surrounding the January 6th  attack on the U-S Capitol. Attorney Mark Brewer says many Republicans may want Trump on the ballot.

“But they have no right to dragoon, to commandeer the state election process and put ineligible candidates on the ballot and that’s the issue here.”

An attorney for Trump argued the question of whether he is eligible to serve is the issue – not whether he can run. And said that question cannot be settled until after the November election.