A Colorado court found Trump guilty of insurrection that led to the storming of the Capitol.

A Colorado judge on Nov. 17 allowed Donald Trump to remain on the state's ballot next year but acknowledged that he "participated in the insurrection" that incited the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol. The publication spoke about this in more detail. Reuters.

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Judge Sarah Wallace's ruling, which will almost certainly be appealed, rejected an attempt by a group of Colorado voters to disqualify Trump under a rarely used amendment to the U.S. Constitution that bars officials who participated in "insurrection" from holding federal office.

The judge ruled that as president, Trump was not an “official of the United States” who could be disqualified under the amendment.

On the subject: An American was given 22 years in prison for participating in the storming of the Capitol: this is the longest sentence in this case.

The decision was a victory for Trump, who has been battling a number of similar challenges to his candidacy. His spokesman said the decision is “another nail in the coffin of the un-American ballot fight.”

“The American voter has a constitutional right to vote for the candidate of their choice, and Donald Trump leads by a wide margin,” spokesman Stephen Cheung said in a statement.

However, the judge decided that Trump's "conduct and words were a factual cause and a significant contributing factor" to the attack on the Capitol. She concluded that Trump “participated in the insurrection of January 6, 2021, by incitement.”

The Colorado case, brought by a group of voters backed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), was the first trial and was seen as a test case for broader election removal practices.

CREW President Noah Bookbinder said the group will appeal the court's decision.

“The court's decision confirms what our clients have argued in this lawsuit: Donald Trump participated in the insurrection based on his role in the events of January 6,” Bookbinder said in a statement.

Lawyers argued that Trump engaged in insurrection by spreading false claims of widespread voter fraud after his loss in the 2020 presidential election. He called supporters to a rally in Washington and then called on them to march to the US Capitol, where Congress was meeting to certify the election results.

Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, attacked police and sent lawmakers fleeing in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the certification of the election results.

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Trump's lawyers argue that he has no ties to the far-right extremist groups that played a major role in the attack and that his remarks before the riot were protected by his right to free speech.

The ruling applies only to the Republican presidential primaries and general elections in Colorado.

This decision is the latest setback in the fight to disqualify Trump. Courts in Minnesota and Michigan rejected attempts to bar him from the Republican primary but did not rule on his eligibility to run in the November 2024 general election.

The Colorado decision could be appealed to the state's supreme court and ultimately to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the 6-3 conservative majority includes three Trump appointees.

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