Trump can be sued in Jan. 6-related lawsuit, U.S. Justice Department says
The department’s opinion was filed in response to a civil suit launched by two U.S. Capitol police officers and 11 Democratic members of Congress that alleges Trump was responsible for inciting the riot that day, and therefore should be held liable for physical and psychological injuries they suffered.
“But that traditional function is one of public communication. It does not include incitement of imminent private violence.” The lawsuit was filed under a post-Civil War statute that says damages may be awarded to plaintiffs who claim force or intimidation prevented government officials from performing their official duties. The statute was originally written in response to violent white-supremacist attacks carried out by the Ku Klux Klan.The lawsuits argues Trump and others — including his son Donald Trump Jr.
Yet the Justice Department’s filing cites a separate Klan-related court case from 1969, specifically the ruling that says speech either aimed at or likely to incite violence is not protected by the First Amendment.
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