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A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie
Taylor Green can run for reelection, rejecting arguments from a
group of voters who had challenged her eligibility over
allegations that she engaged in insurrection. But the decision
will ultimately be up to Republican Secretary of State Brad
Raffensperger.

State Administrative Law Judge Charles Beaudrot announced his
decision after a daylong hearing in April that included
arguments from lawyers for the voters and for Greene, as well as
extensive questioning of Greene herself.

State law says Beaudrot must submit his findings to
Raffensperger, who has to decide whether Greene should be
removed from the ballot.

The challenge to Greene’s eligibility was filed by voters who
allege the GOP congresswoman played a significant role in the
Jan. 6, 2021, riot that disrupted Congress’ certification of Joe
Biden’s presidential election victory. That puts her in
violation of a seldom-invoked part of the 14th Amendment having
to do with insurrection and makes her ineligible to run for
reelection, they argue.

During the April 22 hearing on the challenge, Ron Fein, a lawyer
for the voters who filed the challenge, noted that in a TV
interview the day before the attack at the U.S. Capitol, Greene
said the next day would be “our 1776 moment.” Lawyers for the
voters said some supporters of then-President Donald Trump used
that reference to the American Revolution as a call to violence.

“In fact, it turned out to be an 1861 moment,” Fein said,
alluding to the start of the Civil War.

Greene is a conservative firebrand and Trump ally who has become
one of the GOP’s biggest fundraisers in Congress by stirring
controversy and pushing baseless conspiracy theories. During the
recent hearing, she was defiant as she was questioned under oath
by Andrew Celli, another lawyer for the voters. She repeated the
unfounded claim that widespread fraud led to Trump’s loss in the
2020 election, said she didn’t recall various incendiary
statements and social media posts attributed to her and denied
ever supporting violence.

At times, when confronted with evidence of a particular social
media post or comment that she said she didn’t remember, Greene
said her staff sometimes operated her accounts or that her words
were being misinterpreted or were twisted by news outlets.

https://news.yahoo.com/judge-marjorie-taylor-greene-qualified-
182933664.html

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