Donald Trump should be immune from civil lawsuits over last year’s siege on the United States Capitol by his supporters, a lawyer for the former president told a federal appeals court on Wednesday.Jesse Binnall told the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that his client Trump is immune from the lawsuits because he was acting as president when he delivered his impassioned remarks to supporters, using the “bully pulpit” to comment on outside events.Democrats in Congress and police officers filed several lawsuits over the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, alleging that Trump conspired with others to disrupt the certification of the 2020 election results.
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