What incidents are Colorado police investigating following Trump’s removal from the state’s ballot?
Colorado police are investigating incidents directed at state Supreme Court justices following the court’s decision to strike Trump from next year’s ballot.
Colorado police are investigating incidents targeting the state’s Supreme Court justices, one week after the court ruled to remove former president Donald Trump’s name from the ballot of the state’s presidential primary election.
The court based their ruling on a clause of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment for being involved in insurrection.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said they are working in coordination with local authorities to investigate possible threats to the court members.
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What incidents are Colorado police investigating following Trump’s removal from the state’s ballot?
Denver police officers were sent to one of the justice’s houses last week in response to a call for service, but this turned out to be what authorities called a “hoax report”. The police department said it was providing extra patrols around the homes of the judges, and that their inquiry into the so-called hoax is ongoing.
“The Denver Police Department is currently investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and will continue working with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to thoroughly investigate any reports of threats or harassment,” according to a police statement.
The FBI meanwhile said they have been informed of the situation. “We will vigorously pursue investigations of any threat or use of violence committed by someone who uses extremist views to justify their actions regardless of motivation,” a statement from agency said.
However, both the police and the federal law enforcement agency gave no details regarding the nature of the incidents they are probing.
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Right-wing extremists post online rhetoric against Colorado Supreme Court justices
Media outlets have reported that there has been online rhetoric among right-wing Trump supporters exhorting violence against the justices who voted against the former president.
According to Reuters, some extremist forum posts have called for the judges’ personal information to be made public, and there were also messages that appeared to be a reference to the justices which stated that “All f**ing robed rats must f**ing hang.”
Trump himself has recently been posting incendiary rhetoric directed at those he considered his enemies, exhorting them to “rot in hell” on a Christmas Day message on his Truth Social platform.