Trump demands Maine secretary of state recuse herself in 14th Amendment challenge

Trump's team asserted that Bellows, a Democrat, is a "Biden supporter who is incapable of making a fair decision."

Former President Donald Trump's legal team filed a request on Wednesday in Maine asking Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, to recuse herself from ruling on his ballot eligibility in the state.

Bellows is expected to rule on three challenges that seek to disqualify Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and the 22nd Amendment.

"The Secretary is a completely biased Democrat partisan and a Biden supporter who is incapable of making a fair decision and allowing the people of Maine the right to vote for the candidate of their choosing,” Trump’s team said in a statement. “Any attempt to remove President Trump’s name from the ballot is blatant election interference.”

In the statement, Trump’s team said the secretary’s “personal animus and bias" is "so deep that she is rendered incapable of allowing a fair hearing of this pressing matter.”