Judge denies attempt to keep Trump off Wyoming ballot for insurrection: report
Donald Trump saw a legal victory on Friday as a Wyoming judge reportedly rejected an attempt to keep the former president off the state's ballot as a purported insurrectionist.
“Making a determination at this stage of the process would be imprecise, subject to speculation, and would create rather than diminish future controversies, because it would require engaging in legal details made in the abstract and result in a decision rendered without concrete factual background,” wrote Albany County District Court Judge Misha Westby in a court order, according to Cowboy State Daily.
Trump, who has been barred from the GOP primary ballot in Colorado and Maine but seen successes in several other states such as California, has consistently argued that the Fourteenth Amendment doesn't apply to presidents and, if it does, he didn't actually "engage in insurrection."
ALSO READ: Republican congressman violates federal law with botched cryptocurrency disclosures
So far, Trump remains the undisputed polling leader to become the 2024 Republican presidential nominee as the first test of his standing nears on Jan. 15 when the Iowa Caucuses happen.
The 45th president appealed both the the Colorado decision the Maine decision by Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows citing the Civil War-era of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment barring those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.
Also, he requested the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling booting him from the Colorado ballot.
SCOTUS confirmed on Friday that it intended to hear the 14th Amendment appeal.
Wyoming Republican Secretary of State Chuck Gray celebrated the ruling, according to a Fox News report.
"I am extremely pleased with Judge Westby’s decision to dismiss Mr. Newcomb’s outrageously wrong and repugnant lawsuit to remove Donald Trump and Cynthia Lummis from the ballot in Wyoming," Gray said in a press release provided to Fox News Digital.
"I have been working to make sure that Donald Trump will be able to be on the ballot, and I am happy our motion to dismiss this lawsuit was granted. I will continue to fight against this nationwide effort in order to protect the integrity of our elections and ensure that the people of Wyoming can choose who to elect for themselves."