Trump ballot eligibility in the balance as he implores Jack Smith to ‘drop all litigation’: Live

Supreme Court Justice Kagan questions Colorado ruling to disqualify Trump

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday as it considers whether Donald Trump should be allowed to remain on 2024 ballot papers.

Colorado and Maine have moved to have Mr Trump removed citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which argues that anyone found to have “engaged in insurrection” after swearing a loyalty oath should not be allowed to return to public office.

The highest court in the land, which has a conservative majority, will now rule if that applies to Mr Trump concerning the Capitol riot of 6 January 2021, when his supporters stormed Congress in an attempt to stop the formal certification of the 2020 election results, erroneously believing the vote had been “rigged” in Joe Biden’s favour, as the then-president claimed.

The justices appeared highly sceptical of the arguments put forward by Colorado yesterday.

Also on Thursday, Mr Trump urged Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith to “drop all litigation” against him in an attempt to spin a report into Mr Biden’s retention of classified documents that recommended no criminal charges against the president and won Republican caucuses in both the US Virgin Islands and Nevada.

You Know Who amassed another win at a Republican caucus held on Thursday in the US Virgin Islands, where officials flouted several GOP party rules, including holding the contest earlier than allowed.

The caucus is the third Republican contest held this election season with delegates at stake, with Trump receiving 73.98 per cent of the votes and Nikki Haley 26.02 per cent.

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Donald Trump has amassed another win at a Republican caucus held in the U.S. Virgin Islands,