/tags/u-s-capitol-insurrection U.S. Capitol Insurrection en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:28:23 GMT /news/2024-03-21/man-who-helped-drag-police-officer-into-mob-gets-over-5-years-in-prison-for-capitol-riot-attacks A Colorado man who helped other rioters drag a police officer into a mob storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to more than five years in prison. On Thursday Jeffrey Sabol expressed remorse for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot before U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras sentenced him on Thursday to five years and three months behind bars. Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:28:23 GMT /news/2024-03-21/man-who-helped-drag-police-officer-into-mob-gets-over-5-years-in-prison-for-capitol-riot-attacks Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press /podcast/inthenoco/2024-02-09/perils-of-extremism-coloradan-jason-van-tatenhove-on-his-former-life-with-oath-keepers The January 6th insurrection continues to take the spotlight amid former President Trump’s legal battles. Groups like the Oath Keepers had a heavy presence there and today on In The NoCo, we hear from a former spokesperson for that militia group. Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:45:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-02-09/perils-of-extremism-coloradan-jason-van-tatenhove-on-his-former-life-with-oath-keepers In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Robyn Vincent /news/2024-02-05/heres-how-2-sentences-in-the-constitution-rose-from-obscurity-to-ensnare-donald-trump On Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether Donald Trump can remain on the ballot in Colorado, where that state's highest court ruled that he violated a constitutional provision targeting those who "engaged in insurrection." Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:06:33 GMT /news/2024-02-05/heres-how-2-sentences-in-the-constitution-rose-from-obscurity-to-ensnare-donald-trump Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press /news/2024-01-26/supreme-court-is-urged-to-rule-trump-is-ineligible-to-be-president-again-because-of-the-jan-6-riot Lawyers seeking to keep Donald Trump off the ballot are urging the Supreme Court to declare he's ineligible to be president again because he spearheaded the U.S. Capitol attack in an effort to overturn his 2020 election loss. Their legal brief Friday was filled with vivid descriptions of the violence of Jan. 6, 2021. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:10:19 GMT /news/2024-01-26/supreme-court-is-urged-to-rule-trump-is-ineligible-to-be-president-again-because-of-the-jan-6-riot Mark Sherman, Associated Press /news/2024-01-19/lawyers-for-trump-urge-the-supreme-court-to-put-a-swift-and-decisive-end-to-ballot-removal-efforts Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are urging the Supreme Court "to put a swift and decisive end" to efforts to kick him off the 2024 presidential ballot over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. In a written filing Thursday, Trump's lawyers called on the court to reverse a first-of-its-kind Colorado Supreme Court decision that said Trump should not be on the state's Republican primary ballot because of his role in the events that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:04:11 GMT /news/2024-01-19/lawyers-for-trump-urge-the-supreme-court-to-put-a-swift-and-decisive-end-to-ballot-removal-efforts Mark Sherman, Associated Press /politics/2023-12-20/state-gop-threatens-to-skip-primary-election-after-trump-blocked-from-ballot The Colorado Supreme Court blocked Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s ballot next year because he incited an insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6th 2021. Colorado's GOP is now threatening to skip the primary election. Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:32:15 GMT /politics/2023-12-20/state-gop-threatens-to-skip-primary-election-after-trump-blocked-from-ballot Lucas Brady Woods /news/2023-12-20/donald-trump-blocked-from-colorado-ballot-by-states-highest-court The Colorado Supreme Court disqualified Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s ballot next year because he incited an insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6th 2021. The decision will likely now go to the US Supreme Court. Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:21:08 GMT /news/2023-12-20/donald-trump-blocked-from-colorado-ballot-by-states-highest-court Lucas Brady Woods, Lucas Brady Woods /news/2023-12-07/colorado-supreme-court-justices-question-whether-the-state-can-bar-trump-from-the-2024-ballot Colorado Supreme Court justices have sharply questioned whether they could exclude former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 ballot. It's a case that seeks to upend his bid for a second term by claiming the Constitution's insurrection clause bars him from another run for the White House. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:48:35 GMT /news/2023-12-07/colorado-supreme-court-justices-question-whether-the-state-can-bar-trump-from-the-2024-ballot Nicholas Riccardi and Christine Fernando, Associated Press /news/2023-12-06/colorado-supreme-court-will-hear-arguments-on-removing-trump-from-ballot-under-insurrection-clause The Colorado Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump should be barred from running for president again under the Constitution's ban against those who "engaged in insurrection." Wed, 06 Dec 2023 20:52:12 GMT /news/2023-12-06/colorado-supreme-court-will-hear-arguments-on-removing-trump-from-ballot-under-insurrection-clause Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press /news/2023-11-22/colorado-supreme-court-will-hear-appeal-of-ruling-that-trump-can-stay-on-ballot-despite-insurrection The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals from both a liberal group that sought to disqualify Donald Trump and the former president himself after a state judge ruled that Trump "engaged in insurrection" but can appear on the state's ballot. Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:23:13 GMT /news/2023-11-22/colorado-supreme-court-will-hear-appeal-of-ruling-that-trump-can-stay-on-ballot-despite-insurrection