{"id":2146659,"date":"2024-01-11T15:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-14th-amendment-ballot-challenger-failed-gop-contender-arrested-on-federal-tax-fraud-charges\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T15:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:46:50","slug":"trump-14th-amendment-ballot-challenger-failed-gop-contender-arrested-on-federal-tax-fraud-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-14th-amendment-ballot-challenger-failed-gop-contender-arrested-on-federal-tax-fraud-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed GOP contender and Trump supporter, arrested for federal tax fraud charges, challenges 14th Amendment on ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-14th-amendment-ballot-challenger-failed-gop-contender-arrested-on-federal-tax-fraud-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2146659&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Anthony\u200d Castro of Texas. (AP Photo\/Holly Ramer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s Brooke \u200dMallory<\/h2>\n<h3>12:28 PM \u2013\u200c Thursday, January 11, 2024<\/h3>\n<p>John\u200c Anthony Castro, a Republican candidate from Texas who\u200d unsuccessfully attempted to run for presidential\u2062 office in \u200c2024 and who has\u2064 been\u200d campaigning to have \u200bformer President Donald Trump disqualified\u2063 from the ballot\u200c on the \u2063grounds\u2062 of the 14<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment\u2019s \u201cinsurrection clause,\u201d was\u2063 arrested \u2062on charges of federal\u200d tax fraud on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The arrest came a day after a Nevada federal judge dismissed one of his lawsuits aimed at preventing Trump from running.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2063Monday, Castro was charged with 33 counts of\u2062 aiding \u200dthe preparation\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">false tax returns<\/a>. \u200cAccording to the prosecution, he operated a virtual tax preparation company that defrauded the government by giving clients tax returns that were\u200c higher than what they were actually owed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cCastro would promise a\u2063 significantly higher refund than taxpayers \u200bcould receive from other preparers\u2062 and on\u200c many\u200b occasions, offered to split\u2063 the additional refund with \u200dtaxpayers,\u201d court documents stated. \u201cIn order \u2063to achieve these larger refunds, Castro generated false deductions, that\u2063 were not based in fact, and which were \u2062submitted\u200b without the \u200ctaxpayer\u2019s\u200b knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prosecutors \u200dsay that Castro was apprehended by an undercover police\u200d officer who pretended\u2064 to be \u2062a client\u2064 of his \u2063tax services.\u2062 Castro\u200b told the undercover\u2064 officer that he could receive $6,007 as a tax\u2064 return as long as he\u2063 \u201cgets half,\u201d whereas a\u200c second honest tax consultant \u2062had told\u2062 the\u2064 undercover agent that he would only \u200cbe\u2062 receiving a $373 return.<\/p>\n<p>The tax documents Castro filed on behalf \u200dof the \u200cundercover officer contained nearly\u2064 $30,000 in unlawfully claimed\u200d deductions, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Castro \u2064was a longshot contender for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, aside from \u200chis legal objections \u200dto Trump\u2019s eligibility \u2062to run, \u2064there is not much information \u2064regarding his\u2062 unsuccessful campaign. Castro has argued that Trump\u2019s alleged\u2064 \u201cparticipation in the\u200d Capitol protest\u200c on January 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u201d\u2063 violates the 14<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment and he has filed \u2062a number of\u200c objections to Trump\u2019s ballot placement in 27 different states.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The \u200conly people worse than Trump are \u200dthe cowards that stay silent. When\u200c we\u2019re done with Trump, we\u2019re coming after everyone that stood in our way. \u200bThere will be no refuge for\u200c cowards.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not with us, you\u2019re against us. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o7Mp7UuljX\">pic.twitter.com\/o7Mp7UuljX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \u2063John \u2064Anthony Castro (@realJohnACastro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realJohnACastro\/status\/1734777302163042659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. Constitution is clear: to be President, you must\u200d be a natural born citizen, 35 years old by \u200cthe \u200ddate\u2062 of inauguration, and have lived in\u2064 the U.S. for 14 years. A \u200dfourth requirement, added to \u200cthe\u2063 U.S. Constitution in \u20621868, \u2064is that you never engaged in any insurrection\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dnbziuHqyy\">pic.twitter.com\/dnbziuHqyy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 John \u200bAnthony Castro\u200c (@realJohnACastro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realJohnACastro\/status\/1740712484141421009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On the same day that his New Hampshire ballot challenge was denied, he was charged. Additionally, Florida rejected his attempts. Most recently,\u2063 he filed an objection in Nevada on Tuesday. Although there are\u200c still several ongoing 14<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment \u2063lawsuits, none have garnered much traction.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the Supreme Court will\u2064 soon hear arguments \u200bregarding attempts to disqualify Trump from\u2064 the presidential ballot\u200c in states like Maine and Colorado, \u200bthe high court announced\u200c last \u2064week.<\/p>\n<p>Castro still\u2062 doubled down and adamantly maintained\u2062 his\u200d own innocence regarding the tax fraud charges. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care if they offered me one-day probation and \u2063a slap on\u2064 the wrist in exchange for a \u200dguilty plea,\u201d Castro said.\u2064 \u201cThis is going to trial. I \u200bam going to convince all 12 jurors that I am 100 percent innocent and that\u2062 this is political retaliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, due to the\u200d timing of the \u2062indictment, Castro asserted that the prosecution is connected to his arguments regarding the 14<sup>th \u200b <\/sup>Amendment against Trump.\u2062 Between 2018 and 2020, the purported \u200bfraudulent returns\u200d were filed.<\/p>\n<p>The failed \u2064GOP contender also claimed that a\u2064 condition of his release that kept him inside the Northern District of Texas without prior\u200b authorization may jeopardize\u2064 his scheduled appearances in \u2062West Virginia, Kansas, and Montana\u200c for 14<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment\u200c challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Castro\u2019s next court date is scheduled for January 17<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2062 breaking news blasts \u200bdirectly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare \u200dthis \u2064post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California\u2019s Governor Gavin Newsom unveils a new budget plan for 2024 detailing a wide range of\u2064 economic topics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In an unexpected move, the President\u2019s \u200bson Hunter made a surprise appearance crashing his own hearing in \u200bfront of the House\u2062 Oversight \u200cCommittee looking to hold\u200b him in Contempt\u200d of Congress. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Hunter Biden visits congress after\u2062 defying a subpoena, Chris Christie\u2063 has a\u2064 hot mic\u2062 moment and Fani \u200bWillis allegedly mixes business with pleasure.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Chairman \u2063of the\u2062 House\u200d Committee on\u2064 Small Business,\u2063 Representative Roger Williams, spoke with One America\u2019s Stephanie Myers to give \u200da preview of\u200c what to expect at the committee\u2019s\u200b first\u200b hearing of the year. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google is \u2064set to go \u200dbefore a federal jury in Boston on \u200bTuesday over accusations that its \u200bprocessors infringe a computer\u200b scientist\u2019s patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft \u2064were sued in \u2064Manhattan federal\u2063 court by a pair of \u200dnonfiction authors who\u2062 say the companies misused their work \u2064to \u200dtrain the AI models behind AI-based services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX sued \u200ca\u2064 U.S. labor board to block its case accusing the \u200bcompany of illegally firing employees calling CEO \u200dElon Musk \u201ca \u200ddistraction \u200band\u200b embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was well on its way \u2062to becoming a household name even before 2023 \u2064kicked off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200c rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What role does the Supreme Court play in the legal battles surrounding John Anthony Castro&#8217;s objections to Trump&#8217;s eligibility<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Republican Candidate John Anthony\u2063 Castro Arrested on Federal Tax Fraud Charges<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>On January 11, 2024, John Anthony Castro, a Republican candidate from \u2064Texas who previously attempted to run for the presidential \u200coffice in 2024,\u2062 was \u200barrested on charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-appointing-a-special-counsel-is-not-a-license-for-doj-to-obstruct-congress\/\" title=\"No, 'Special Counsel' doesn't allow DOJ to obstruct Congress.\">federal tax fraud<\/a>. Castro&#8217;s arrest came after a\u200c Nevada federal judge dismissed one \u2062of his lawsuits aimed at preventing former President \u2062Donald Trump from running.<\/p>\n<p>Charges of Federal Tax Fraud<\/p>\n<p>Castro\u2063 has been charged with 33 counts of aiding the preparation\u2062 of false tax returns. The prosecution \u200balleges that he operated\u200b a virtual \u200dtax preparation\u200c company that defrauded the government\u2064 by providing clients with inflated tax returns. Castro promised significantly\u2063 higher refunds than other preparers, offering to split \u200dthe additional refund with taxpayers. To achieve these \u2063larger refunds, Castro generated \u200dfalse deductions without the taxpayer&#8217;s knowledge. Prosecutors apprehended Castro through an undercover police officer posing as \u2063a client of \u200chis tax services. The tax documents he filed on behalf \u2064of the undercover officer contained nearly $30,000 in unlawfully claimed deductions.<\/p>\n<p>Legal \u200cObjections to Trump&#8217;s Eligibility<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his \u2063tax fraud charges,\u200b Castro has been vocal \u2064about his objections to \u2062former\u2062 President\u2062 Donald Trump&#8217;s eligibility\u200d to run for office. Castro claims that Trump&#8217;s alleged participation in the \u2062Capitol protest\u200c on January \u200b6th violates the 14th Amendment. \u200cHe\u2064 has filed objections to Trump&#8217;s \u2064ballot placement in 27 different\u200c states, arguing that Trump should be disqualified from\u2064 the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court&#8217;s \u200cInvolvement<\/p>\n<p>While Castro&#8217;s lawsuits related to the 14th Amendment\u2064 are ongoing, none have gained much traction. However, the Supreme Court recently announced that\u200d it will hear arguments \u2064regarding attempts to disqualify Trump\u2064 from the presidential ballot in states like Maine and Colorado. This decision highlights the significance of the legal debate surrounding Trump&#8217;s eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Castro&#8217;s Defense and Alleged\u2063 Political Motives<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2064the charges against him, Castro steadfastly maintains his innocence regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-am-sitting-here-with-my-father-hunter-biden-says-in-whatsapp-message-to-chinese-businessman-whistleblower\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden tells a Chinese businessman in a WhatsApp message: \"I'm here with my father.\" Whistleblower reveals.\">tax fraud allegations<\/a>. He also claims that the timing\u200d of his indictment is connected to his arguments \u200cagainst Trump&#8217;s eligibility under the 14th Amendment. Castro believes that \u2062the prosecution&#8217;s intention is to retaliate\u2063 against him politically. Castro further\u200b argues that the condition of his release, which restricts him to \u2064the Northern District of Texas, may \u2062jeopardize his scheduled appearances in other states for 14th\u2064 Amendment challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>John Anthony Castro, a Republican candidate from Texas, finds himself in legal trouble after being arrested\u200b on federal tax fraud charges. \u2064Simultaneously, his objections to former President Donald \u200bTrump&#8217;s eligibility to run for office\u2062 under the \u200b14th Amendment have gained attention. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-indicted-whos-who-in-all-of-the-former-presidents-legal-dramas\/\" title=\"Donald Trump indicted: Key players in ex-president's legal battles\">legal battles unfold<\/a>, it \u200cremains to be seen how\u2062 these simultaneous events will impact the political landscape and the upcoming presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Anthony Castro, a Texas Republican candidate, campaigned to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. 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