Case for impeachment of Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold fails

Colorado's authorities House Republicans went earlier nan Judiciary Committee astatine nan State Capitol connected Tuesday to make a lawsuit for why Secretary of State Jena Griswold is unfit for office.  

The Colorado House Judiciary Committee, which is made up of 8 Democrats and 3 Republicans, took grounds for much than 5 hours earlier voting against impeaching Griswold, who is simply a Democrat.

Republicans claimed Griswold denied erstwhile President Donald Trump owed process erstwhile she utilized her position to effort to disqualify him from Colorado's superior ballot. Griswold claimed many times that Trump's actions during nan Jan. 6, 2021 onslaught connected nan U.S. Capitol make him an insurrectionist, and, arsenic such, he should beryllium disqualified from nationalist office.

The U.S. Supreme Court disagreed successful a lawsuit brought by six Colorado Republican and unaffiliated voters, who claimed Trump violated nan insurrectionist clause successful nan 14th Amendment.

"As Secretary of State and an attorney, she ought to cognize that this would beryllium wrongful and unlawful to effort to region a campaigner from nan ballot who has not been convicted of a crime," authorities Rep. Ryan Armagost, a Republican, told nan committee. "There is simply a clear quality betwixt a tribunal ruling, successful reference to nan Denver territory court, and a conviction. 

Griswold dismissed nan proceeding arsenic a sham.

"That makes perfectly nary sense," Griswold said during nan hearing. "Due process connected applies erstwhile authorities seeks to deprive personification of their life, liberty aliases property. It does not use to statements I make."

Republicans besides accused nan caput of malfeasance and violating nan nationalist spot for "denying a free and unfastened election.. by preventing President Trump from being listed arsenic a candidate." Griswold responded by producing Colorado's 2024 GOP statesmanlike superior ballot, which has Trump's sanction connected it.

"Again, your allegation does not make immoderate sense," Griswold said earlier nan committee. "House Republicans are trying to impeach maine for saying nan undeniable truth, and I want to intelligibly to nan Republicans connected this committee Trump is an oath-breaking insurrectionist. He is simply a threat to our state and our democracy."

But House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese, a Republican, based on Griswold had crossed nan statement excessively galore times.

"Coloradans merit a neutral and unbiased caput of authorities who will region their individual feelings and animosity successful our elections," Pugliese said during nan hearing.

While nan solution is focused connected Griswold's actions related to Trump, witnesses besides testified that she targets Republicans successful run finance complaints, retaliates against those who knock her and spends millions of taxation dollars connected aforesaid promotion.

"I deliberation erstwhile you look astatine nan assurance that we want to instill successful our voters and our system, this undermines that confidence, and I will beryllium honorable pinch you; that is why we are present today," Pugliese said. It's not a governmental stunt."

Griswold says she is protecting democracy.

"House Republicans allege that I person an sentiment and that that sentiment should not beryllium heard, and to that I say, you will not soundlessness me. I will not beryllium stopped by this proceeding from doing my job, and protecting our constitution and our democracy."