Posted on 03/02/2023 12:24:37 PM PST by thegagline
Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump’s legal vulnerability and the limits of executive power.
The department wrote that although a president enjoys broad legal latitude to communicate to the public on matters of concern, “no part of a President’s official responsibilities includes the incitement of imminent private violence. By definition, such conduct plainly falls outside the President’s constitutional and statutory duties.” *** The Justice Department wrote that it also takes no view on a lower court judge’s conclusion that those who sued Trump have “plausibly” alleged that his speech caused the riot. Nevertheless, the department said that an appeals court should reject Trump’s claim that he’s immune from the lawsuits.
The Justice Department cautioned that the “court must take care not to adopt rules that would unduly chill legitimate presidential communication” or saddle a president with meritless lawsuits.
“In exercising their traditional communicative functions, Presidents routinely address controversial issues that are the subject of passionate feelings. Presidents may at times use strong rhetoric. And some who hear that rhetoric may overreact, or even respond with violence,” the department wrote.
*** U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Trump’s words during a rally before the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol were likely “words of incitement not protected by the First Amendment.”
The lawsuits, filed by Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby, and later joined by other House Democrats, argue that Trump and others made “false and incendiary allegations of fraud and theft, and in direct response to the Defendant’s express calls for violence at the rally, a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol.”
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He did not incite anything but for people to show up and peaceably gather.
Like the rest of us, trump can be sued for anything. The question is, can a case be brought against him that’s serious?
more lawfare
exhibit A: the reason for the rally
https://rumble.com/v181401-january-6th-rally-2021.html
we were there to protest the irregularities and get them investigated.
These DOJ people have overstepped their positions and authority and are overtly biased and dishonest. They all need to be summarily executed by a firing squad.
The little vile worm at the DOJ forgot to check to see if Trump has been found guilty of anything on Jan 6 by a court of law.
This has a snowball’s chance in hell of going forward. It is harassment.
Some democrat will won’t to sue Trump for getting his thongs in a wad.
Utter BS!
In no way did he incite - no moreso than Chuckie Schumer or Waters or Pelosi ACTUALLY DID.
This decision may open up Manchurian Joe to lawsuits regarding Chinese and Mexican fentanyl.
That would be Great! His lawyers could then subpoena the FBI, Nancy Pelosi, and the Capital Police Chief. There would be no squirming out from underneath that.
This decision may open up Manchurian Joe to lawsuits regarding Chinese and Mexican fentanyl.
This
There were warnings for days that the crowd would be infiltrated and actions taken to make it appear that Trump supporters were the ones being disruptive. People that brought that up on FR were mocked.
The standard of proof is much lower in a tort action than a criminal one. Also, you don’t need the jury to be unanimous in a civil case.
He has orange skin and he said something. That is incitement.
If Trump can be sued for this, then there is no qualified immunity for other public officials.
Period.
Trump gave a speech on Jan 6. He asked for peaceful behavior.
What is actionable in that? This is just a doj invitation to tie trump up in litigation.
Our justice system is bad broke.
push news. Anyone can sue anyone for any issue.
Winning is another thing.......................
I’ll setting for 20MTs.
“...The Justice Department said” stopped reading after that.
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