"Maine House Rejects GOP Impeachment Attempt Against Official Who Removed Trump from Ballot"

The Maine House rejected a Republican attempt to impeach Secretary of State Shenna Bellows for removing Donald Trump from the state's ballot due to his involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Bellows, the first secretary of state to invoke the U.S. Constitution's insurrection clause, faces an appeal in Maine Superior Court. Republicans argue that her decision disenfranchised Trump voters, but Democrats maintain that she faithfully fulfilled her duties. Legal scholars cite the 14th Amendment's Section 3 in support of Bellows' decision, and Colorado is the only other state to bar Trump from the ballot. Trump's lawyers have sought to delay the appeal, but Bellows' legal representation opposes the effort.