Trump isn't immune from civil claims his Jan. 6 rally speech incited riot, judge says

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Source: AP

Updated 1:02 PM EDT, April 1, 2026


WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is not immune from civil claims that he incited a mob of his supporters to attack the Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021, a federal judge has ruled in one of the last unresolved legal cases stemming from the riot.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Tuesday that Trump’s remarks at his “Stop the Steal” rally, held on the Ellipse near the White House shortly before the siege began, “plausibly” were inciting words that are not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech.

The Republican president is not shielded from liability for much of his Jan. 6 conduct, including that speech and many of his social media posts that day, according to the judge. But Mehta said Trump cannot be held liable for his official acts that day, including his Rose Garden remarks during the riot and his interactions with Justice Department officials.

“President Trump has not shown that the Speech reasonably can be understood as falling within the outer perimeter of his Presidential duties,” Mehta wrote. “The content of the Ellipse Speech confirms that it is not covered by official-acts immunity.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-presidential-immunity-jan-6-capitol-riot-13ce62c37c69a82e5748ce6ba4fc8ebb

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Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.227536/gov.uscourts.dcd.227536.219.0.pdf

This is listing a consolidated Congressional Case (referencing Barbara Lee, et al), consolidated with a bunch of similar ones from some of the Capitol Police, etc.

REFERENCES (some)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142705851
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142725234
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142696340
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142851110
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142873079
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142950823
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143025148
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143585298

[James48]

1. Lock him up

[ShazzieB]

2. Good!

Of course, this will just give him another reason to fight leaving office. But he already desperately wants to stay potus until he drops dead.

[surfered]

3. Sue his pants off.

[Dr. T]

4. I'd rather he gets sued with his pants up.

The visual of a pantsless orange imbecile would induce mass vomiting.

[surfered]

5. 😁