The announcement from Scanlan and Formella on Tuesday said there's been"misinformation asserting or implying that the Secretary of State's office has already taken a position on or is seeking to take certain action with respect to Donald Trump's candidacy" in the primary, adding that neither office has taken a position on whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment applies to the upcoming election.
Neither the Secretary of State’s Office nor the Attorney General’s Office has taken any position regarding the potential applicability of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to the upcoming presidential election cycle. The Secretary of State’s Office has requested the Attorney General’s Office to advise the Secretary of State regarding the meaning of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the provision’s potential applicability to the upcoming presidential election cycle.This is a breaking news story that will be updated.