DoJ says Trump can be sued by police officers over violent attacks at Capitol on Jan. 6

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule 1m
The DoJ said Thursday that Trump can be sued by police officers over the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and does not have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits, filed by police officers and members of Congress, which seek to hold him liable for damages.


MSNBC:

Attorneys for the Justice Department's civil division made it clear in a court filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that Trump does not have absolute immunity from multiple civil lawsuits, filed by police officers and members of Congress, which seek to hold him liable for damages stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

"Speaking to the public on matters of public concern is a traditional function of the presidency, and the outer perimeter of the president’s office includes a vast realm of such speech," the brief said. "But that traditional function is one of public communication. It does not include incitement of imminent private violence of the sort the district court found that plaintiffs’ complaints have plausibly alleged here."

The brief carefully avoids taking a position on whether Trump is actually liable for causing the riot, civilly or criminally, but urges the appeals court to reject Trump’s immunity claim and return the cases to a lower court for further litigation.

“Such a narrow decision would leave for further proceedings in the district court (and, if necessary, a future appeal) any renewed assertion of absolute immunity more narrowly focused on whether the former president’s speech actually constituted incitement,” the Justice Department lawyers wrote.

read: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/doj-says-trump-can-sued-police-jan-6-rcna73127


Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman 1h
NEW: DOJ won't back Trump's absolute immunity claim against civil lawsuits seeking to hold him liable for the Jan. 6 attack -- allegations of inciting violence, wouldn't fall within presidential duties, US says.

Doc, with more to come: https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/user

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1. ooooh! That sounds like a good thing, right?

I'm not a legal-eagle but maybe some Civil cases filed will back up the other investigations. Can Civil rulings be used against him in the DOJ stuff?

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2. Break out the class action

Couple thousand cops, couple thousand staff 541 members of congress. Let’s see if some republicans join. It there is a chance of winning some cash, they may join.

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3. Trump tweet invited 'wild' mob to block transfer of power on Jan. 6, House panel says

The U.S. House panel investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results described Tuesday how the president explicitly called on his supporters to come to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021 for a “wild” protest — resulting in an insurrection.

Trump exerted extraordinary influence over the mob, who marched to the Capitol on his orders and undertook the violent attack, testimony showed. Many dispersed only when Trump asked them to do so, hours after mayhem broke out.

Members of the violent extremist groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and other Trump supporters interpreted a Dec. 19 tweet from Trump to attend a “wild” Jan. 6 rally in Washington as a call to arms to fight election certification, according to testimony at the wide-ranging hearing, the seventh by the panel.

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/07/13/trump-tweet-invited-wild-mob-to-block-transfer-of-power-on-jan-6-house-panel-says/

I hope the legal fees alone break Trump

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4. Can they sue trump personally, or will the taxpayers have to pay for it?

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10. He's no longer potus, so that's no longer an option. Personal.

I can't wait.

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5. kr

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6. YES.

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7. .

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8. Lock his oversized grifting ass up!!!!!

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9. TFG delusional press statement on DOJ brief

Link to tweet