The Justice Department said Thursday that Capitol police officers can sue former President Donald Trump for the violence he incited at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. NBC News reports, Trump can be sued by police over Jan. 6, Justice Department says (this is a first step towards the DOJ indicting Trump for incitement of … Read more
Law & Crime reports, Second Federal Judge Rejects Donald Trump’s Claim He’s ‘Absolutely Immune’ from Civil Suits for His Role in the Jan. 6th Attack: A second federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from civil liability in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol, giving advocacy groups another opportunity to … Read more
Completing the trifecta of a bad week in court in last week, a federal judge once again rejected Donald Trump’s authoritarian claim of absolute immunity, and will allow three lawsuits to proceed against him for inciting a violent seditious insurrection on January 6, 2021, a violation of the Reconstruction-era Ku Klux Klan Act, which bars violent … Read more
Members of Congress, Capitol police officers and government watchdog groups argued in federal court on Monday that Donald J. Trump was liable for major financial damages for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, pressing an array of civil suits against the former president amid mounting frustration that he has faced no … Read more
After listening to oral argument today, it became clear that there is a majority on the court ready to reconsider U.S. v. Nixon and Clinton v. Jones, and willing to devise a new standard for presidential subpoenas. It is yet another departure from precedent by the Roberts Court. And it will allow Donald Trump to … Read more