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Colorado has accused President Donald Trump of unconstitutionally retaliating against the state by ordering U.S. Space Command to move from Colorado Springs to Alabama — punishment, the complaint says, for its mail-in voting system — in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.

The state alleges the relocation was politically driven, violated constitutional limits on executive power and threatened billions in economic losses.

Trump announced the move Sept. 2, ending a yearslong fight over Space Command’s home base. The complaint cites him as saying Colorado’s mail-in voting "played a big factor" in his decision.

"The problem I have with Colorado, one of the big problems — they do mail-in voting," Trump is quoted as saying in the l

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