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
Yeah, I'm pessimistic this will survive appeal, but I'm glad to see the district courts doing what they can to maintain the rule of law.
I'd love to see Mehta replace one of the corrupt Republican politicians currently on the Supreme Court
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.
Hoping that this ruling bolsters lawsuits against the billionaires funding GOP seditionists & MAGA fascism.
The only way to get 147 congressional election deniers is the Epstein Class.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html
AI is their next vehicle for election meddling
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/01/trump-ballroom-donors-poised-to-benefit-from-ai-plan-they-helped-shape/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/trump-fundraising-ballroom/684963/
https://atmos.earth/political-landscapes/the-billionaire-ification-of-the-u-s-election/
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The 63 billionaire funders of sedition:
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/01/12/trumps-billionaire-enablers-63-billionaires-worth-243-billion-who-bankrolled
https://ips-dc.org/billionaire-bonanza-2020/
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-allies-paid-millions-to-jan-6-rally-organizers-since-2020/
https://ips-dc.org/a-year-of-billionaire-pandemic-gains/
https://ips-dc.org/trump-and-his-many-billionaire-enablers/
https://www.businessinsider.com/which-billionaires-support-donald-trump-campaign
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/magazine/trump-donors-silicon-valley.html
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/billionaires-backing-trump
The shameful part is, it took 5 years to decide he should face consequences for this.
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