Ah.. J6 was immediately called an insurrection - so that Elias et. al. could try to disqualify candidates from running.
First they used that specific word.
Then they ran to the Congressional Research Service to get an opinion written.
Then they looked for J6 'sympathizers' to go after using the CRS as backup.
However, looks like the biggest of all is an attempt to prevent PDJT from running again, trying for another impeachment ANNND according to the report, also the Electoral College is included in Section 3. From the CRS report:
To Whom Does Section 3 Apply?
The bar against office-holding applies to Members of Congress, officers of the United States, members of
state legislatures, and state executive or judicial officers, who previously swore an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States and later break that oath by committing the acts mentioned. The offices
to which such persons are then barred include seats in Congress, membership in the Electoral College,
and any civil or military office under the United States or any state. '''Although not expressly referenced,
the bar appears historically to have applied to judgeships. There may be an argument that because the
President is not covered explicitly by the provision, the presidency itself is exempt from the
disqualification. In contrast, for example, the Impeachment Clause of the Constitution applies to the
“President,''' Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States,” which suggests in that clause, the
President might not be a “civil Officer of the United States.” However, it may be more likely that the
President is included as an officer of the United States (unlike Members of Congress and electors, which
may be why they are expressly included). One scholar notes, the drafting history of Section 3 of the
Fourteenth Amendment also suggests the President is covered:
During the debate on Section Three, one Senator asked why ex-Confederates “may be elected
President or Vice President of the United States, and why did you all omit to exclude them? I do not
understand them to be excluded from the privilege of holding the two highest offices in the gift of
the nation.” Another Senator replied that the lack of specific language on the Presidency and Vice-
Presidency was irrelevant: “Let me call the Senator’s attention to the words ‘or hold any office, civil
or military, under the United States.’”
Think they might be treading on thin ice. Also from the report:
Another part of the Insurrection Act, enacted approximately three
years after the Fourteenth Amendment and thus arguably particularly relevant, authorizes the use of
armed forces in cases where insurrectionists “oppose[] or obstruct[] the execution of the laws of the
United States or impede[] the course of justice under those laws.” Congressional activities, '''including
fulfilling the constitutional duty of certifying electoral votes, would arguably qualify as an execution of
the laws of the United States.'''
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10569