A retired Illinois judge tasked with making a determination on whether disgraced former President Trump is eligible for the ballot on Sunday ruled the fat fuck did violate Section III of the constitution’s 14th Amendment’s proscription on insurrectionists being eligible for public office though deferred to the courts to rule on whether Trump would appear on the ballot, WBEZ reports.

“[Trump] does not dispute that he knew violence was occurring at the capitol.. He understood that people were there to support him. Which makes one single piece of evidence, in this context, absolutely damning to his denial of his participation: the tweet regarding Mike Pence’s lack of courage while [Trump] knew the attacks were going on is inexplicable,” wrote retired Kankakee County Judge Clark Erickson wrote in his ruling as requested by the State Board of Elections after the Friday hearing he presided over. “[Trump] knew the attacks were occurring because the attackers believed the election was stolen, and this tweet could not possibly have had any other intended purpose besides to fan the flames,” Erickson continued in the opinion.

“It is impossible to imagine the Board deciding whether Candidate Trump is disqualified by Section 3 without the Board engaging in significant and sophisticated constitutional analysis,” Erickson wrote, noting that isn’t the board’s job and a court is going to have to pick it up. “Attempting to resolve a constitutional issue within the expedited schedule of an election board hearing is somewhat akin to scheduling a two-minute round between heavyweight boxers in a telephone booth.”