Donald Trump has sued to reinstate his name to Maine’s presidential primary ballot, after its secretary of state said the former president was disqualified from holding higher office because of his role in the January 6 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
Trump on Tuesday asked a court in Maine to reverse the decision by Shenna Bellows, Maine’s secretary of state, saying she was a “biased decision maker” who should have recused herself. Bellows, who was appointed by the state legislature, previously ran for the US Senate as a Democrat.
Trump’s appeal in Maine came less than a week after Bellows found he was not qualified to be president under the 14th amendment of the US constitution, which prohibits individuals who have engaged in insurrection from holding office.