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State officials are applauding a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia that will allow former President Donald Trump to remain on West Virginia’s 2024 ballot. According to Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, the district court dismissed a lawsuit seeking to disqualify Trump from the upcoming West Virginia Presidential Primary and General Elections. Presidential candidate John Anthony Castro of Texas filed the lawsuit, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution as the basis of his case. Castro claimed Trump was...

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WDTV) - West Virginia courts have dismissed the lawsuit attempting to remove Trump from West Virginia ballots on the grounds of insurrection. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a press release Thursday that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Charleston Division dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify President Donald Trump from running in the upcoming West Virginia Presidential Primary and General Elections. Morrisey said that this is a big win for the integrity of our elections, that the lawsuit was “frivolous”...

A federal judge rejected a bid Thursday to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in West Virginia. Obama-appointed district judge Irene Berger ruled that John Anthony Castro, the little-known presidential candidate who brought the lawsuit to remove Trump, lacked standing to sue. The decision comes days after Colorado’s Supreme Court found Trump was ineligible to appear on the state’s ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, likely setting up Supreme Court review of the issue. TRENDING: White House goes on tour pushing freedom – abortion freedom, that...

A federal judge in West Virginia dismissed a lawsuit brought forward to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot, saying that it lacked standing. The case was filed by John Anthony Castro from Texas, who says he is a presidential candidate, according to the West Virginia Record. He reportedly argued that Trump being on the ballot would harm his chances at a 2024 win. Castro cited the 14th Amendment for Trump not being on the ballot, arguing that the former president engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021...

A Washington nonprofit that has filed numerous ethics complaints and launched in-depth investigations into former President Trump was a key player in the case that got him kicked off the Colorado ballot. In a stunning decision, Colorado’s highest court ruled this week that Trump was disqualified from running for president for his role in inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol that left 5 people dead, more than 100 Capitol Police officers injured and a nation divided. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) was part...

“This is a big win for the integrity of our elections,” “This lawsuit was frivolous to begin with and without merit – it had no basis in either law or fact. Any eligible candidate has the right to be on the ballot unless legally disqualified, and we will defend the laws of West Virginia and the right of voters and candidates to the fullest.” “The evidence establishes that he has no campaign offices, staff, or advertising in West Virginia, does not appear in polling, has little name recognition among West...