President Trump maybe taking care of those who tried to help him disrupt Congress certifying the 2020 Presidential Election, including pardon’s and their efforts to cash in on their arrests….
But?
Trump HIMSELF IS also being sued civilly for his actions in the protest and violence ….
US President’s ARE NOT generally immune from civil legal action’s for things done OUTSIDE their official duties, the Supremo’s HAVE ruled…..
A federal judge is allowing a civil suit brought against President Trump for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021 to proceed in court, a victory for Democratic lawmakers and Capitol Police officers who brought the litigation.
The late Tuesday ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta found that Trump’s speech on the Ellipse that day was not covered by the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, determining it could not be considered a core presidential act.
He also determined the phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) asking him to “find” more votes was clearly an effort “to alter the outcome of Georgia’s election.”
The ruling is significant not only in that it allows those seeking to hold Trump accountable for Jan. 6 to continue the fight but because it shows the limits of a 2024 Supreme Court ruling that largely sided with the president in finding former executives immune for actions they carried out as part of their core White House role.
Mehta found that Trump’s speech near the mall could not be considered an official White House act because “nearly all the individuals who ran the nuts and bolts of the operation” were campaign-affiliated or otherwise linked to his re-election efforts. …
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The ruling did include some wins for Trump, including allowing appeals on various matters to continue that are likely to extend litigation in the case for some time.
The decision came in a case that combines seven earlier suits from a number of parties, each arguing Trump should be held liable for his speech that day….
Note…
If not settled?
Or throw out by a higher court?
This case would come to trial AFTER Trump leaves office ….
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