China News Service, February 20 (Xinhua) According to a comprehensive report, on the 18th local time, a US judge said in a ruling that former US President Trump did not enjoy presidential immunity during the riots on Capitol Hill, and the lawsuit brought against him The case can continue.
Data map: On January 6, 2021, the US Capitol after the riots.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
U.S. Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., ruled that Trump must face multiple civil lawsuits aimed at making him responsible for the riots on Capitol Hill.
The ruling stated that Trump's actions on January 6, 2021 were "unofficial" and "simply related to his efforts to get re-elected", which are not within the scope of presidential immunity, so these are admissible. Litigation cases.
Data map: Former US President Trump.
"The denial of the president's civil damages immunity is no small step," Mehta wrote in the 112-page findings. "The court fully understands the seriousness of this ruling."
Mehta also said that before the incident, Trump's speech to thousands of supporters gathered in Washington could "reasonably" be regarded as a "call to action."
On January 6, 2021, as the US Congress counted electoral votes for the presidential election, Trump supporters violently stormed Congress, killing at least five people and injuring about 140 law enforcement officers.
The incident was the worst attack on the U.S. Congress in nearly 200 years.