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Republican ex-judge argued Trump engaged in insurrection, should be removed from Illinois primary ballot
A retired Republican judge is arguing that former President Donald Trump ought to be removed from Illinois’ primary ballot for allegedly engaging in an insurrection in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Former longtime Kankakee County Judge Clark Erickson, acting as hearing officer on voters’ challenge to the former president’s eligibility, issued the recommendation to the Illinois State Officers Electoral Board, which is split evenly between Republicans and Democrats.
Attorneys for Trump and citizens seeking to keep the Republican former president off the ballot presented their arguments before Erickson on Friday. The Illinois State Officers Electoral Board is expected to consider the recommendation on Tuesday.
Erickson’s 21-page recommendation concluded that a “preponderance of the evidence” presented proves that Trump engaged in insurrection.
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Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump points to supporters at the conclusion of a campaign rally at the Atkinson Country Club on January 16, 2024 in Atkinson, New Hampshire. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
But he said the election board can’t engage in the “significant and sophisticated constitutional analysis” required to remove Trump’s name before the March 19 primary. He said the decision should ultimately be left to the courts.
He likened the board’s attempt to resolve the constitutional question to “scheduling a two-minute round between heavyweight boxers in a telephone booth.”
Still, Erickson noted that even if the board disagrees with his reasoning, Trump’s name should be removed from the Illinois primary ballot.
Free Speech for People, which is leading the Illinois ballot effort, praised Erickson’s recommendation as “significant” but argued that Illinois law allows the board to make the ballot decision.
FILE: Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump visits a polling site at Londonderry High School on primary day, on January 23, 2024 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“We expect that the board and ultimately Illinois courts will uphold Judge Erickson’s thoughtful analysis of why Trump is disqualified from office, but — with the greatest respect — correct him on why Illinois law authorizes that ruling,” Ron Fein, legal director for the group, wrote in a Sunday statement.
The Illinois saga echoes similar efforts in several other states. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next month in a historic Colorado Supreme Court ruling to remove Trump from that state’s ballot.
The case presents the high court with its first look at a provision of the 14th Amendment barring some people who “engaged in insurrection” from holding public office.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Ohio police officers smashed through the sunroof of a burning vehicle and dragged a severely injured driver to safety during a tense late-night rescue following a rollover crash, authorities said.
The Trumbull County 911 Center received a call at about 11:11 p.m. Dec. 27 reporting an unknown fire near state Route 5 and Bradley Brownlee Road in Bazetta and Mecca townships.
Cortland Police Department officers John Mosora and Chuck Lohry were first to arrive, and their swift rescue was caught on a body-worn camera after the vehicle tore through a fence, flipped onto its side and caught fire.
Two Cortland, Ohio, police officers heroically rescued a driver from a burning car Dec. 27, 2025. (Cortland Police Department/Facebook)
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Mosora discovered the driver trapped inside the wreckage and broke out the vehicle’s sunroof to reach him as flames spread, police said. The driver repeatedly told officers his leg was broken and that he could not move.
“My leg is broken. I can’t move. I can’t move. Give me a second,” the driver can be heard saying in video of the rescue.
“We don’t have a second,” an officer is heard responding in the video. “Your car is on fire.”
Body camera video captured the dramatic moment two Cortland, Ohio, police officers, John Mosora and Chuck Lohry, rescued a driver from his burning, overturned car after a rollover crash Dec. 27, 2025. (Cortland Police Department/Facebook)
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As smoke filled the vehicle, officers urged the driver to help them pull him free.
“Let’s go. Let’s go. We ain’t waiting,” one officer is heard shouting in the bodycam video. “You gotta help me help you.”
Lohry used a fire extinguisher to knock down flames while Mosora dragged the driver from the vehicle moments before the fire intensified, police said.
Mosora discovered the driver trapped inside the vehicle. After attempting other access points, he broke through the vehicle’s sunroof to gain entry. (Cortland Police Department/Facebook)
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Mosora sustained minor injuries during the rescue. Multiple fire departments later arrived to extinguish the fire and provide medical treatment to the driver, who was taken to a hospital, police said.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is handling the crash investigation.
Authorities did not immediately release the driver’s condition or the cause of the crash. Fox News Digital has reached out to Cortland Police Department for additional information.
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Crash investigation at 60th and Vliet
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash at 60th and Vliet on Saturday morning.
What we know:
It happened at around 11:50 a.m. The Wauwatosa Police Department said investigators determined an SUV was headed west on Vliet Street when it ran a red light at a “high rate of speed,” collided with another vehicle and then hit a tree.
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A 71-year-old Milwaukee man, who was the driver and sole occupant of the SUV, died at the scene.
The Wauwatosa Fire Department, Milwaukee Fire Department and Milwaukee Police Department assisted with the crash response. At Vliet Street, 60th Street is the municipal boundary between Milwaukee and Wauwatosa.
What we don’t know:
Wauwatosa police said details of the crash remain under investigation. Police did not say whether anyone was in the other vehicle that was struck.
The Wisconsin State Patrol is assisting the Wauwatosa Police Department with the investigation.
The Source: FOX6 News went to the scene of the crash and received information from the Wauwatosa Police Department.
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