EXCERPT:
BELLOWS: “This decision is based on Maine law and the facts that were presented to me in the Section 336 challenge and it was really important to me to look at the evidence presented in the public hearing, and the law, and the facts presented in the context of Maine law Sections 336, 337 and 443. It's a very detailed decision. We lay out why under Maine law, the secretary of state has the authority indeed the obligation, I'm duty-bound to make this determination. We also -- I rather laid out that the record demonstrates that, in fact, the events of January 6, 2021, which were unprecedented and tragic, were insurrection in the meaning of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. And finally, in reviewing the facts presented, the evidence, the law, the history, we determined under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment that Mr. Trump engaged in insurrection. And therefore was disqualified.”