The Maine official who ruled former President Donald Trump could not appear on her state’s presidential ballot said Monday she hopes the Supreme Court will clarify the insurrectionist law.
“It’s the rule of law that matters,” Secretary of State Shenna Bellows told Trump’s Trials host Scott Detrow. “We would certainly welcome the United States Supreme Court to make this clear.”
Bellows defended her decision to bump Trump from the ballot after a harrowing week that saw her job threatened and her home “swatted."
The Secretary of State was not home when emergency services arrived at the behest of a 911 caller reporting a fake crisis, she said, then added such threats would not deter her from her the responsibilities she holds as an elected official.
“Law enforcement has been incredible,” Bellows said. “I feel safe and I will continue to do my job.”
Bellows asked critics of her decision to read her ruling before accusing her of partisanship.
“I made clear this is part of Maine’s process,” Bellows said. “I voluntarily suspended the effect of my decision pending that court process.”
But Bellows also defended her ruling that Trump violated the 14th Amendment’s Section 3 on Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
“[Those events] occurred and the behest of and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing president,” Bellows said. “The United States Constitution does not tolerate an assault on the foundations of our government.”
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