The Colorado judge presiding over the case aimed at excluding former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot has decided not to recuse herself despite her prior contribution to an anti-GOP political action committee (PAC) established in response to the events of January 6.
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The lawsuit, initiated by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), an organization supported by left-wing donors, was filed in September.
It seeks to disqualify Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, alleging that he violated his oath to the Constitution by allegedly encouraging the Capitol riots on January 6.
Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace, appointed by Democratic Governor Jared Polis, commenced the trial by declining to recuse herself and mentioning that she had “no specific memory” of the donation in question.
Judge Wallace had donated $100 to the Colorado Turnout Project, a PAC established to oppose Republicans who did not condemn the political extremists involved in the January 6, 2021 events. She made this contribution on October 15, 2022, and she assumed her judicial role on January 10, 2023.
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Wallace stated, “Before yesterday, I was not aware of this organization or its mission. It has always been my practice, whether I was entirely successful or not, to make contributions to individuals, not PACs.” She assured those involved in the case that she had not formed any opinion regarding whether the events of January 6 constituted an insurrection.
Additionally, Judge Wallace has made approximately $1,500 in other ActBlue donations to Democratic causes since 2016, including a $100 contribution to Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock’s campaign on November 10, 2022, according to FEC records.
Trump’s attorney, former Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler, argued during his opening statement on Monday that the lawsuit was “anti-democratic” and amounted to “lawfare” designed to interfere with the presidential election. Wallace had previously rejected Trump’s attempts to have the case dismissed on the grounds that Congress, not the courts, determines ballot eligibility, as well as an earlier effort to dismiss the case on First Amendment grounds.
