On Friday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided to allow a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to proceed. The lawsuit, brought by a group of Capitol Police officers, claims that Trump and more than a dozen others are responsible for their being “assaulted and harassed” during the January 6th, 2021, protest at the Capitol. In the decision, the judges ruled that Trump is not entitled to absolute immunity from civil lawsuits for actions he took while President.
The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit based its decision on a ruling in a separate case brought by two Capitol Police officers and a group of House Democrats that was handed down earlier this month. In its Dec. 1 opinion, the D.C. Circuit rejected Trump’s claim that he is shielded from civil liability because…
