On Thursday, John Dean, former White House attorney for President Nixon, expressed his belief that the decision by Maine to exclude former President Trump from the primary ballot is robust and likely resistant to overturning. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, concluded that Trump’s involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots violated the 14th Amendment, justifying his exclusion. In response to the Trump campaign’s criticism, branding the decision as “election interference,” Dean defended the process, emphasizing the presence of sufficient due process and asserting that the Trump team lost based on a straightforward interpretation of the 14th…

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