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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from ruling on Trump’s 2024 eligibility, Raskin says

Representative Jamie Raskin speaks to members of the media after the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol held its final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Monday.
Representative Jamie Raskin speaks to members of the media after the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol held its final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Monday. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

Supreme court justice Clarence Thomas must recuse himself from ruling on Donald Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 presidential election, a prominent Democrat said Sunday, warning that the leading Republican candidate is seeking to become a “political martyr” as he pursues a second presidency.

Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin was speaking ahead of the nation’s highest court stepping in to adjudicate recent state rulings in Maine and Colorado that struck the former president from the general election primaries under the US constitution’s 14th amendment insurrection clause.

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