Hearing to mull recall vote for state AG Ferguson gets green light from Chief Justice
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He believes Ferguson is arrogant and is not taking care of state voters and their wishes.
“If they are committing treason as they all are, we can remove them,” says Bannister.
He is accusing Ferguson of two different incidents that warrant a recall.
In court documents, the pair say Ferguson actively campaigned for I-1639 in 2018. The initiative they say “deprived” Washington citizens aged 18-20 years of age of their right to purchase, possess, own or use semi-automatic assault rifles.
By campaigning for it, when Ferguson may be called upon to defend it in court, presented a conflict of interest and gave Ferguson "political capital for election to public office," the challenge states. The initiative passed overwhelming by state voters.
“If we lose our guns, we are going to lose our republic,” says Bannister.
They also say Ferguson has a conflict of interest involving the $30 car tab initiative, I-976 which passed in November. Court documents says Ferguson’s office “failed to recuse itself” from defending I-976 in the recent court challenges trying to stop it from taking effect.
Ferguson is currently taking initiative sponsor Tim Eyman to court for campaign violations, therefore the attorney general has a conflict of interest when it comes to defending Eyman’s initiative in court," according to the challenge.
“He simultaneously is arguing in defense of Initiative 976, which is a gross conflict of interest,” court documents say.
“That is enough to recall him,” says Bannister.