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The saga began with the Attorney General of Missouri, J. Ashcroft, issuing a bold statement: if Donald Trump is barred from the ballot in Colorado, then Joe Biden could face a similar fate in Missouri. Ashcroft condemned what he called the “disgraceful” actions in Colorado and Maine, where election officials have moved to exclude Trump based on allegations of insurrection—despite no criminal conviction—arguing that if such exclusions are allowed for one candidate, they must apply equally to others.