A CNN anchor on Monday destroyed arguments made by the long-term Republican Secretary of State of Missouri, who threatened last week to remove President Joe Biden from the 2024 presidential election ballot in response to Colorado and Maine removing Trump, because two other elected Republican politicians have accused him of “insurrection.”

“You think that when the Supreme Court takes this up, they are going to side with President Trump, is that correct?” CNN’s Boris Sanchez asked Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft.

“They are going to side against people being thrown off the ballot in this sort of manner,” said Ashcroft, pausing to craft his response.

“The brief that I will be filing with the United States Supreme Court is not going to say that President Trump is a bad person. It’s not going to say that he’s a good person. What it’s going to say is that this extrajudicial means of removing people from the ballot is catastrophic to our country, if it’s allowed to continue, because if Democrats can do it, you know that Republicans will do it, and if Republicans will do it, then Democrats will do it more.”

While Sanchez did not respond to Ashcroft’s claim, the Colorado case was not brought by Democrats but by GOP and independent voters. But Sanchez was prepared and citied the Missouri state constitution to fact-check Ashcroft’s claims.

“To that point, Secretary, in order to remove President Biden from the ballot, according to your state constitution, you would need to go to court. What do you think would be your strong –” Sanchez said before being interrupted.

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“No, not not at all,” Ashcroft claimed.

“Your state constitution actually states that the Secretary of State lacks authority to assess qualifications of a candidate to determine whether to place a candidate’s name on a primary ballot. That’s according to Section 115-387 of your state constitution,” Sanchez explained.

“What I’m saying is, if the Supreme Court upholds the rolling out of Colorado,” Ashcroft began before Sanchez reminded him that Colorado “went to court to disqualify Trump from the ballot, so you, according to your constitution, we need to go to court.”

“Sir. Sir. Sir. Let’s just be clear,” Ashcroft urged. “First of all, you’ve already said you’re not an attorney. And you don’t know what happened in Colorado.”

“I know what happened in Colorado,” Sanchez retorted. “What I said was that I didn’t read through all of the evidence specifically to be able to qualify whether there was hearsay or not. To get back to my question, you say that you would decide to remove Joe Biden from the ballot in your state, according to your state constitution, which I just read to you from, it says you need to go to court. I’m asking you what you think your strongest argument is.”

“And I continue to try to answer your questions and you continue to try to tell me stuff that just isn’t true,” Ashcroft alleged.

“That’s not factual sir,” Sanchez charged. You made an accusation about me not knowing something, I’m sure to clarify it for you.”

He then again asked, “What is the strongest argument you would make in court to remove Joe Biden from the ballot?”

this CNN interview was an absolute disaster for Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft pic.twitter.com/qlY5UhpL7H

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 8, 2024

In a different portion of the interview, Sanchez asked Ashcroft, “what would then be your justification for removing Joe Biden from the ballot in Missouri. Has he engaged in your mind in some kind of insurrection?”

“There have been allegations that he’s engaged in insurrection,” Ashcroft alleged.

“How so?” Sanchez pressed.

“Please let me finish,” Ashcroft said, with Sanchez stating, “You can’t say something like that and not back it up.”

After complaining he was being interrupted, Ashcroft asked, “Are you scared of the truth?

“I’m not terrified of the truth at all. It seems like you might be,” Sanchez quipped.

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After mentioning “allegations,” Ashcroft said, “President Trump has never been adjudicated in court law.”

“What did Joe Biden do, in your mind, that equates insurrection? What allegations are you talking about?” Sanchez demanded.

“Um, I have seen allegations from the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, that has said that Joe Biden has been part of insurrection or rebellion,” Ashcroft replied. We’ve seen governor of Florida say the same thing.”

“Insurrection over what? What did the [Lt. governor of Texas say that Joe Biden was causing an insurrection over? If you’re gonna make the claim, give me give me some specifics. Are you just gonna tie the governor of Texas or Florida? And not actually say what they are arguing? Do you know what they are arguing?

BORIS SANCHEZ: What would be your justification for removing Joe Biden from the ballot in Missouri?

JAY ASHCROFT: There have been allegations that he’s engaged in insurrection

SANCHEZ: How so?

ASHCROFT: Um, I’ve seen allegations from the lieutenant governor of Texas pic.twitter.com/687uqKyCUw

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 8, 2024

Watch both portions of the interview above or at this link.

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Donald Trump Jr. says it’s a “big deal” that one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims named Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, and Sir Richard Branson as among those who were recorded having sex in Monday’s court document release, but he left out another prominent name on the so-called list: his father, Donald Trump, who was accused of being videotaped having sex with “many girls,” according to the Epstein victim, in a Daily Mail report. The victim later retracted her allegations, citing the need to protect her family.

“This seems like a big deal and if true why has nothing been done about it?” Trump Jr. wrote on the social media site X (screenshot below). “Breaking News: Court documents allege Jeffrey Epstein recorded sex tapes of Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, and Sir Richard Branson.”

That news may have come from the Daily Mail, which reported Monday, “Donald Trump named in latest Epstein documents: [Epstein victim] Sarah Ransome said he had sex with ‘many girls’ in email where she also claimed pedophile had tapes of the ex-president, Richard Branson, Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton.”

“Jeffrey Epstein kept blackmail videos that showed Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Richard Branson having sex with women he supplied them with, according to the latest bombshell claims in newly-unsealed court documents,” Daily Mail reported Monday. “Ransome claimed in those emails that Trump had sex with ‘many girls’, including a friend of hers who is not named, who she says also slept with Bill Clinton and Virgin billionaire Richard Branson.”

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But Ransome “retracted all her claims, telling [DailyMail.com columnist Maureen Callahan] she wanted to ‘walk away from this’, citing fears for her family,” the Mail adds. “In 2019, The New Yorker said Ransome admitted to ‘inventing’ the tapes.”

The New York Post also reports a Trump advisor and a spokesperson for Virgin, owned by Branson, denied the claims.

The Independent adds that “Donald Trump’s alleged ‘sexual proclivities’” were “graphically detailed in new Epstein documents.” And Newsweek calls Monday’s documents release the “Worst One for Trump Yet.”

This is far from the first time Trump has been tied to “inappropriate behavior.”

“At least 18 women have accused Donald Trump of varying inappropriate behavior,” ABC News reported in 2020, “including allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault. All but two came forward with their accusations before or during his first bid for the White House.”

Last year Trump was found civilly liable for sexual abuse, and the judge in that case later stated it could be said he raped his victim, journalist E. Jean Carroll.

See the screenshot of Trump Jr.’s  post below or at this link.

President Joe Biden will speak at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Monday afternoon, the site of the slaughter of nine Christian Black worshippers who were attending a bible class on June 17, 2015 when a neo-Nazi white supremacist opened fire after they welcomed him to join their study group.

“Biden wants Americans to grasp the extraordinary stakes of this year’s presidential election, as he sees them. As part of that effort, he’s revisiting some of the nation’s worst traumas to highlight what can happen when hate is allowed to fester,” the Associated Press reports.

“It’s a grim way to kick off a presidential campaign, particularly for a man known for his unfailing optimism and belief that American achievements are limitless. But his campaign advisers and aides say it’s necessary to lay out the stakes in unequivocal terms, particularly after a few years without the cultural saturation of Trump’s words and actions. And it’s an effort to set up the contrast they hope will be paramount to voters in 2024,” The AP notes. “The event comes after a blunt speech by the Democratic president on the eve of the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, in which he excoriated former President Donald Trump for ‘glorifying’ rather than condemning political violence.”

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According to an email from the Biden campaign, the President remarks will underscore “the enormous stakes of this election, as Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans wage a campaign determined to undermine American democracy, strip away our personal freedom, and threaten the type of political violence that concerns 83% of Americans and plagued Mother Emanuel Church nearly nine years ago.”

Watch live below or at this link starting at 12:30 PM ET.