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The strongest Trump-world screwup on December 26, 2023 was not a courtroom loss but the ugly fallout around it: Denver police said they were investigating incidents aimed at Colorado Supreme Court justices after the court removed Trump from the state ballot.
December 26 brought a nasty reminder that Trump’s election-denial politics do not stay neatly in the courthouse. Denver police said they were investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and boosting patrols after the court’s ruling against Trump, turning a legal defeat into a public safety problem.
The legal fight over Trump’s ballot status was never just a legal fight. By the day after Christmas, the temperature had already spilled over into threats, harassment, and police response — another Trump-era reminder that his movement’s grievance machine keeps finding new ways to poison the civic atmosphere.
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Police said they were investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and stepping up patrols after the court’s ruling removing Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. The episode showed how quickly Trump’s legal setbacks can trigger intimidation around the officials handling them.