BREAKING: Judge Axes Trump From Illinois Ballot

Chicago’s ABC affiliate reports:

A Cook County judge has ordered the Illinois Board of Elections to remove Donald Trump from ballots statewide for the March 19 primary.

However, the judge also issued an immediate stay to her own order to give time for the former President’s attorneys to appeal.

A group of voters claims he should be barred for engaging in insurrection during the January 6th capitol attack. The judge gave the former president’s lawyers until Friday to file an appeal.

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Breaking News: An Illinois judge just ruled that Trump is disqualified from holding the presidency for violating the 14th Amendment’s Insurrection Clause, removing him from the ballot.https://t.co/4G5QQswpZm pic.twitter.com/mUPB2WIS4I

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