Court rejects bid to nix Michigan gov. candidate because of Jan. 6 role

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Court docket of Appeals on Thursday rejected a request to have a Republican candidate for governor declared ineligible due to his attendance on the 2021 riot on the U.S. Capitol.

Ryan Kelley is dealing with misdemeanor fees in Washington. However the court docket, in a 3-0 order, famous that he hasn’t been convicted of something.

A lawsuit claimed the western Michigan man’s participation makes him ineligible for workplace below the U.S. Structure.

The 14th Modification states that anybody who has “engaged in revolt or insurrection” in opposition to the U.S. and has taken an oath to help the Structure can’t maintain a state workplace.

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Kelley took an oath in 2019 when he was a planning commissioner in Allendale Township, in keeping with a lawsuit filed on behalf of an Oakland County man by the previous head of the state Democratic Celebration.

Kelley, a agency supporter of former President Donald Trump, has acknowledged being exterior the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, however says “claims of revolt are laughable.”

He’s considered one of 5 candidates within the Republican main election on Aug. 2.