https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-appeals-court-rules-trump-can-be-sued-for-inciting-violence-on-jan-6?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
Lawsuits against Donald Trump over the U.S. Capitol riot can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday, rejecting the former president's bid to dismiss the cases accusing him of inciting the violent mob on Jan. 6, 2021.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit court knocked down Trump's sweeping claims that presidential immunity shields him from liability in the lawsuits brought by Democratic lawmakers and police officers. But the three-judge panel said the 2024 Republican presidential primary frontrunner can continue to fight, as the cases proceed, to try to prove that his actions were taken in his official capacity as president.
Trump has said he can't be sued over the riot that left dozens of police officers injured, arguing that his words during a rally before the storming of the Capitol addressed "matters of public concern" and fall within the scope of absolute presidential immunity.
The current appeal was decided by a unanimous three-court panel that included Judge appointed by Trump.
Trump could ask the full appeals court to take up the matter or go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
For now the civil suit, which has a lower burden of proof can go forward