Case for impeachment of Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold fails in House Judiciary Committee

Source: CBS News

Updated on: April 10, 2024 / 11:50 AM EDT


Colorado's state House Republicans went before the Judiciary Committee at the State Capitol on Tuesday to make a case for why Secretary of State Jena Griswold is unfit for office. The Colorado House Judiciary Committee, which is made up of eight Democrats and three Republicans, took testimony for more than five hours before voting against impeaching Griswold, who is a Democrat.

Republicans claimed Griswold denied former President Donald Trump due process when she used her position to try to disqualify him from Colorado's primary ballot. Griswold claimed repeatedly that Trump's actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol make him an insurrectionist, and, as such, he should be disqualified from public office.

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

"As Secretary of State and an attorney, she ought to know that this would be wrongful and unlawful to attempt to remove a candidate from the ballot who has not been convicted of a crime," state Rep. Ryan Armagost, a Republican, told the committee. "There is a clear difference between a court ruling, in reference to the Denver district court, and a conviction. Griswold dismissed the proceeding as a sham.

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