Former independent deputy prosecutor Sol Weisenberg said Wednesday that an Illinois judge's decision to disqualify former President Donald Trump from voting was “stunning.”

Cook County Judge Tracy Porter issued a ruling Wednesday night disqualifying President Trump from the March 19 Republican primary and Nov. 5 general election ballots, citing the 14th Amendment's “insurrection clause.” I put it down. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on February 8 in Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court's December 19 disqualification decision. (Related: 'I ran out of runway' Jonathan Turley says Jack Smith is taking his time after Supreme Court files Trump immunity suit)

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“This arrogance is astounding, waiting until this late in the day to do it, giving the president, the former president, until Friday to appeal to the Supreme Court. She issued an order that if the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion that contradicted this order, my judgment would be further stayed,” Weisenberg told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. . “Well, guess what? If they do what the majority of people think they're going to do, there's going to be a consensus that makes it impossible for Illinois to remove him from the ballot.” So the arrogance is justified, and I'm not surprised, but it is.”

Maine's Democratic Secretary of State, Shena Bellows, declared on December 28 that President Trump was ineligible to appear on the ballot, but a court blocked the removal pending a Supreme Court ruling.

“The Supreme Court is expected to issue an opinion that will make it clear that the states do not have the authority to do this. First, the states cannot remove him from the ballot. Second, the states cannot “I don't think we'll get there because we can't put more conditions on the presidential vote than the president wants,” Weisenberg said. “You know what we say about Cook County: vote early and vote often. … This is consistent with their pathetic history of electoral dishonesty.”

The Trump campaign slammed the Illinois ruling in a statement from press secretary Stephen Chan on Wednesday night.

“Today, an activist Democratic judge in Illinois swiftly reversed the state election board, contradicting previous decisions in dozens of other states and federal jurisdictions,” Chan said in the article. statement. “This is an unconstitutional ruling and we plan to immediately appeal it. In the meantime, President Trump remains on the ballot in Illinois, dominates the polls, and will Make America Great Again!”

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