Mitch McCann: Newshub US Correspondent on Donald Trump challenging the ruling to strike his name from the 2024 election ballot

Mitch McCann: Newshub US Correspondent on Donald Trump challenging the ruling to strike his name from the 2024 election ballot

Author: Newstalk ZB January 3, 2024 Duration: 4:56

Donald Trump is hitting back after Maine's Secretary of State ruled to strike the former president's name off the ballot. 

Trump has challenged the ruling, which would see him ineligible as a candidate in the state's primary elections due to his involvement in the attempted insurrection on January 6, 2022. 

Newshub US Correspondent Mitch Mccan told Tim Dower that his legal team are labelling it politically motivated. 

He says they're blaming the fact that Maine's Secretary of State is a democrat. 

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