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Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) announced Tuesday morning that he will be testifying in defense of former President Donald J. Trump in Colorado in a lawsuit attempting to remove him from the 2024 ballot.

The lawsuit is pursuing the novel legal theory that under the 14th Amendment of the United States, Trump is not qualified to run for President based solely upon unadjudicated allegations of his participation in an “insurrection.”

Nehls, who served as a law enforcement officer for 26 years and an elected Sheriff for eight according to his Congressional website will present Trump’s defense team with an opportunity to leverage his expertise in riot control. His prior 21-year tenure in the U.S. Army Reserve could also allow him to differentiate between the Capitol Riot and an actual “insurrection.”

Trump was acquitted in his second impeachment on the charge he incited the Jan. 6th Capitol Riot and no charges have ever been brought against Trump for the crime of “insurrection.”

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