Former President Donald Trump continued to push in federal court that he is entitled to broad immunity from civil lawsuits attempting to hold him accountable for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
, a Democrat from California, last year over his comments in the run-up to and during a rally at the Ellipse on Jan. 6, 2021. The police officers, James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby, as well as the congressional Democrats argued the former president had incited the mob of his supporters who violently breached the U.S. Capitol in violation of federal and D.C. laws.
The former president's conduct surrounding the Capitol attack, including his repeated baseless claims the 2020 election was stolen andIn response to the suits, Trumpto dismiss the claims. But in February, Mehta said the civil cases could move forward and rejected the former president's request to toss out the case on grounds he is entitled to absolute immunity. He then appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Oral arguments have not yet been scheduled.
The former president's lawyers argued that Trump's tweets before Jan. 6 and speech at the rally outside the White House addressed matters of public concern, and he was using the bully pulpit to raise questions about the integrity of the election, which was"well within the outer perimeter of a president's official duties."
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