Read the ‘Hail Mary’ lawsuit trying to keep Donald Trump off Maine’s ballot

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John Anthony Castro, from Texas, has filed similar legal challenges against Trump in numerous states, arguing the 14th Amendment bars the ex-president from running again next year. A former federal prosecutor reportedly called the attempts a “Hail Mary.”

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