A federal judge just ruled that #Trump can face civil liability for inciting violence in the #Jan6 #insurrection. His incendiary speeches that day were "unofficial" acts not covered by presidential immunity.
See the decision by Amit Mehta of the DC district court.
https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2021cv0400-219
Also see the summary in Politico.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/trump-setback-civil-suits-capitol-riot-00853761
On one hand, that's good news. On the other, it infuriates me that it took over 5 years for our system to get here.
If that's not broken, what is?
@Wintergr33n @petersuber Trump's favorite method of breaking law and order is to delay everything as much as is physically possible. In fact, if he hadn't managed to succeed in doing that, he would have been running for the "presidency" (dictatorcy?) from prison...
A lot of loyalist judges have helped him every step that they could. But there are still some judges he doesn't yet own.
You're right though, it's a major whopping flaw in the system that willful delays can break things.
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