Dozens of Republicans in the House of Representatives are declaring that Trump's actions on January 6 were not an insurrection

As officials across the country consider whether to exclude former President Donald J. Trump from voting on his role in the events of January 6, 2021, a contingent of Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to back up his claim that he did nothing wrong done.

More than sixty Republicans — led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York — said Tuesday they had signed on for a solution declaring that Mr. Trump “was not involved in an insurrection.”

The measure is intended to influence courts and state election officials weighing Mr. Trump's eligibility to hold office under the 14th Amendment's ban on insurrectionists, an issue that has cast a cloud over the primary season and as Mr. Trump moves ever closer to the situation comes Republican nomination. Senator JD Vance, Republican of Ohio, introduces a companion measure in the Senate.

“It is not the job of the states, and especially not the job of some bureaucrats in Colorado, to make this assessment and interfere with voters' right to cast their ballots for the candidate of their choice,” he said. Mr. Gaetz on a news channel. conference, flanked by fellow Republicans.

Mr. Trump has been disqualified from voting in Colorado and Maine. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the former president's appeal of the Colorado ruling, with arguments set to begin Thursday.

At issue is whether Mr. Trump violates Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits those who take an oath to support the Constitution from holding office if they have then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against, or aided or comforted for its enemies.”

In 2021, the Democratic-controlled House impeached Mr. Trump for incitement of insurrection after he summoned a large mob to Washington that eventually attacked the Capitol and injured about 150 police officers. He was acquitted by the Senate, but is now facing criminal charges.

Mr. Trump has been charged in federal court in Washington and state court in Georgia with conspiring to illegally overturn the 2020 election. These cases have yet to come to court.

The House Republican press conference brought together members of the party's leadership and the far-right House Freedom Caucus. Rep. Bob Good of Virginia, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus that backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' failed bid for the Republican nomination, was there to voice his support for Mr. Trump.

Mr. Good criticized the cases against Mr. Trump and condemned the Justice Department as the “department of injustice.”

“What is a more effective way to rig elections than to prevent your opponent from voting?” Mr. Good said.

For years, Republicans in Congress have mounted a sweeping effort to rewrite the events of Jan. 6, downplaying or denying the violence and deflecting efforts to investigate it.

The press conference came Tuesday as Trump's influence on Capitol Hill was as strong as ever. He urged Republicans in Congress to end a bipartisan deal to improve security at the southern border. Instead, Republicans in the House of Representatives were preparing to impeach Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the secretary of Homeland Security, even though he has not committed major crimes or misdemeanors, according to legal experts' assessment, the standard for impeachment.

Democrats and some law enforcement officials condemned Mr. Gaetz's efforts.

Michael Fanone, a former District of Columbia police officer who was seriously injured in the Jan. 6 mob violence, called the resolution “a slap in the face to those of us who lost nearly everything on Jan. 6 defending the Capitol, including the protection of the Capitol. Some members of Congress are now trying to rewrite history to exonerate former President Trump.”

“But no piece of paper signed by a group of spineless extremists will ever change the facts about that dark day,” Fanone said in a statement. “The insurrection was violent, deadly and will happen again if we do not eradicate the MAGA ideology that fanned the flames of the insurrection in the first place.”