Trump Risks Ban From Elected Office With Insurrection Evidence
- Jan. 6 committee urges DOJ to consider criminal charges
- 14th Amendment challenge to Trump run likely faces legal fight
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A special House committee’s vote to refer former President Donald Trump for potential criminal charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol brings fresh attention to a Constitutional ban on insurrectionists holding office.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment states that no one can “hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State” if they took an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same.”