Trump Can Be Sued for Inciting Jan. 6 Attack, Appeals Court Rules

The fact that Donald Trump was in office during the Jan. 6 attack does not protect him from civil lawsuits related to the insurrection, according to a Friday decision from the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C.

“When a first-term President opts to seek a second term, his campaign to win re-election is not an official presidential act. The Office of the Presidency as an institution is agnostic about who will occupy it next. And campaigning to gain that office is not an official act of the office,” wrote D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan.

The Washington Post reported that the unanimous ruling from the three-judge panel, which puts a dent in Trump’s “presidential immunity” defense, is expected to be appealed.

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