Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) meets all the requirements for a congressional candidate and thus should be allowed to run for another term in office, a Georgia judge ruled on May 6.
The evidence is “insufficient” to establish that Greene engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or supported those that did, Georgia Judge Charles Beaudrot said in a 19-page ruling.
Challengers claimed that Greene, in her first term, violated the U.S. Constitution by helping “facilitate” the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, which they described as an insurrection.
The challenge was allowed to proceed by U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg, an Obama appointee, and Greene testified under oath during a hearing in Atlanta on April 22, saying she did not know beforehand of the plans to breach the Capitol nor was she involved in the execution of the breach.
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