AFP | Washington
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A federal appeals court ruled Friday that former President Donald Trump could be sued over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, where his supporters tried to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election defeat. It was ruled that there was a sex.
President Trump could face civil lawsuits over violent clashes in the heart of America’s democracy where rioters overpowered law enforcement. More than 1,200 people were arrested in the melee.
In 2021, two Capitol Police officers and several Democratic lawmakers filed charges against Trump, alleging that he may have incited violence in public comments to his supporters before he descended on the Capitol.
Trump’s lawyers argue that he has immunity for his actions as president, including comments telling his supporters to “fight like hell” as Congress prepares to certify election loss. Was.
“It’s not that President Trump couldn’t establish a right to immunity…he just didn’t do it,” the ruling by a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in Washington said.
“If a first-term president chooses to seek a second term, campaigning for reelection is not a formal presidential act,” the newspaper said.
“When a sitting president running for a second term…addresses a campaign rally funded and sponsored by his reelection campaign committee, he is not performing his official duties as president. , acting as a candidate for office. Holder.”
President Trump said, “Not in his official capacity as a sitting president, but in his personal capacity as a presidential candidate, he is conducting a campaign for re-election, including post-election efforts to change the declared results in his favor.” I realized that they were working on it.” .
The Trump campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
– The election was “stolen” –
The 77-year-old front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination is scheduled to go on trial in Washington in March on charges of conspiring to overturn the results of the November 2020 election won by Biden.
Trump appears to have known he lost the election, his advisers told him so, and his legal challenges were futile — but he continues to claim the election was “stolen” from his Democratic rivals. Ta.
He pressured Georgia election officials to “find” the votes needed to win and urged then-Vice President Mike Pence not to certify the election results at Congress’ January 6 meeting. I tried.
After a fiery speech near the White House, President Trump watched for hours on television as his loyal supporters violently attacked the Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s victory.
Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for the January 6 riot, but was acquitted by the Senate.
He is facing racketeering charges in Georgia for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 southern state election.
He also faces federal charges for allegedly mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House.