TellyKNeasuss
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Yes, officer may be position appointed by the President or folks delegated by President to do so.
It may be important that 14th Amendment does NOT state that a new condition for being President is not having engaged in insurrection.
All important things to consider.
It depends on whether the president qualifies as an "officer of the United States". However, I stand by the claim that the reason that senators, representatives, and presidential electors were specifically mentioned in the 14th amendment is that they definitely are not "officers of the United States", so that the fact that there were specifically listed is not irrefutable evidence that the authors of the 14th amendment intended to exclude the presidency.