The decision not to seek high court review means cases brought against Trump over Jan. 6 can move forward in district court, although he can still mount an immunity defense.

WASHINGTON — Lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump personally accountable for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol can move forward after the former president chose not to take his broad immunity claim to the Supreme Court.

Trump had a Thursday deadline to file a petition at the Supreme Court contesting an appeals court decision from December that rejected his immunity arguments, but he did not do so.

The appeals court made it clear that Trump could still claim immunity later in the proceedings in three cases brought by Capitol Police officers and members of Congress.

  • blazera
    14•9 months ago

    God this all sounds awful. First that this is about civil suits? The Jan 6 violent insurrection being handled in civil court?? That they explicitly allow his appeal for the criminal case in the future. And that the argument appeals courts are using to deny his immunity claim isn’t that the President doesnt have carte blanche to do whatever crimes they want, but that he wasnt acting as President at the time. Implying that Presidents do have a free ticket to murder.

    Which tees up a lob ball for the Supreme Court when he appeals the immunity ruling for the criminal case, that he was still president during Jan 6. All this shit just seems deliberately corrupt from all involved. From the criminal, to the prosecutors, to the courts.