Attempt to bar Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress can proceed, judge says

Marjorie Taylor Greene waves from the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, in February. Photograph: Marco Bello/Reuters

An attempt to bar the far-right Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress over her support for the January 6 attack can proceed, a federal judge said.

Citing “a whirlpool of colliding constitutional interests of public import”, Amy Totenberg of the northern district of Georgia sent the case on to a state hearing on Friday.