A federal appeals court on Friday rejected Trump’s efforts to claim presidential immunity from civil lawsuits against him for his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, at least for now.
“The sole issue before us is whether President Trump has demonstrated an entitlement to official-act immunity for his actions leading up to and on January 6 as alleged in the complaints,” the three-judge panel wrote in a 3-0 ruling.
In July, Trump lost the $475 million defamation lawsuit he brought against CNN after Judge Raag Singhal, who was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Trump in 2019, ruled that the use of the phrase “the Big Lie” was opinion and not factual, thus failing to meet the standard for defamation.
Trump was also shut down by some of his own appointees in December 2022, when a federal appeals court in Florida overturned a decision that blocked the Justice Department from using the documents discovered during the Mar-a-Lago raid.
“In any event, at least for these purposes, the declassification argument is a red herring because declassifying an official document would not change its content or render it personal.”
“The immunity question thus turns on whether President Trump made the January 6 speech in an official or private capacity,” Katsas wrote.
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A federal appeals court on Friday rejected Trump’s efforts to claim presidential immunity from civil lawsuits against him for his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, at least for now.
“The sole issue before us is whether President Trump has demonstrated an entitlement to official-act immunity for his actions leading up to and on January 6 as alleged in the complaints,” the three-judge panel wrote in a 3-0 ruling.
In July, Trump lost the $475 million defamation lawsuit he brought against CNN after Judge Raag Singhal, who was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Trump in 2019, ruled that the use of the phrase “the Big Lie” was opinion and not factual, thus failing to meet the standard for defamation.
Trump was also shut down by some of his own appointees in December 2022, when a federal appeals court in Florida overturned a decision that blocked the Justice Department from using the documents discovered during the Mar-a-Lago raid.
“In any event, at least for these purposes, the declassification argument is a red herring because declassifying an official document would not change its content or render it personal.”
“The immunity question thus turns on whether President Trump made the January 6 speech in an official or private capacity,” Katsas wrote.
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