Trump team to make plea for immunity in three Jan. 6 lawsuits
by Gabe Kaminsky, Investigative Reporter |
December 07, 2022 11:41 AM
Lawyers for Donald Trump will make the case on Wednesday that the former president should be immune from liability with regard to three civil lawsuits in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
In February, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that the lawsuits may proceed and denied a claim by Trump that his prior actions were protected by certain privileges of being president. Trump's attorneys are now appealing the judge's ruling, arguing that the former president's remarks at the Ellipse before the riot were safeguarded by "ironclad presidential immunity as it relates to speech-making."
"The underlying question here is simple: is a president immune from civil liability when he or she gives a speech on a matter of public concern? The answer is undoubtedly, yes," said Trump's lawyers in court documents.
The lawsuits in question were filed in 2021 by police officers and Democratic House members who say they were defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Those lawsuits allege that Trump egged on his supporters to target the Capitol.
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