NO IMMUNITY FOR MUTINY

Submitted by ub on
Crime and Punishment

After he refused to obey the will of American voters who rejected him and his policies, Donald ducked reality and fomented mutiny.

Lawsuits against Trump over the Jan. 6 riot can move forward, an appeals court rules  https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-riot-lawsuits-donald-trump-capitol-14b…

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has 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 his alleged actions in connection to the Jan. 6 attack fell within the official functions of the presidency.

Trump doesn't have immunity from U.S. Capitol officers' civil suit, court says  https://news.yahoo.com/trump-doesnt-immunity-u-capitol-212629546.html

Trump Only Has One Way to Beat Jack Smith. Smith Just Made a Significant Move to Stop It.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jack-smith-latest-motion-reveals-200000281.h…

Suddenly, Trump Is Interested in Democracy  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/trump-maine-ballot/67…

As Maine throws him off the ballot, the president who betrayed democracy is now pleading for its protections.

Don can run, but he can’t hide from the power of The US Constitution and the Federal court system that is repeatedly ruling against him and his lawyers' attempt to stall legal proceedings.

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Submitted by ub on Sat, 12/30/2023 - 10:05

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Jack Smith’s team didn’t take the holiday week off in D.C. The special counsel is still filling the district court docket, this week lodging what’s called a motion in limine. Latin for “at the threshold,” such motions are routine filings seeking to address issues ahead of trial. With this one, Smith wants to make sure Trump can’t “turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates irrelevant disinformation,” citing the former president’s quest to infuse the case with “partisan political attacks and irrelevant and prejudicial issues that have no place in a jury trial.”

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/deadline…

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