In Marathon Hearing Over Jan. 6 Civil Lawsuits Against Trump, Judge Questions How Far Presidential Immunity Can Go

In Marathon Hearing Over Jan. 6 Civil Lawsuits Against Trump, Judge Questions How Far Presidential Immunity Can Go | National Law Journal

Jesse Binnall, Trump’s attorney, failed to come up with an example of an act a…

National Law Journal

By Jacqueline Thomsen

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• U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta held a five-hour hearing about Jan. 6 lawsuits filed against Trump and others.
• Trump’s attorney argued that he had presidential immunity from the lawsuits.
• Mehta also raised questions about the strength of the conspiracy claims raised against all the defendants named in the lawsuits.

A federal judge in Washington on Monday wrestled with whether ex-President Donald Trump is immune from civil lawsuits filed over last year’s Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol…

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