Washington. A federal court in Washington DC ruled Monday that donald trump He is not protected by presidential immunity from a lawsuit for his attempts to undermine the results of the 2020 election.
Federal judge Emmet Sullivan rejected the arguments of the president’s defense in which they affirmed that the former president is “absolutely immune” from damages for actions tangential to his “official responsibilities.”
“It has been widely recognized that political activity necessarily falls outside of the official duties of a president,” the judge wrote in the court document.
The lawsuit, filed in November 2020 by civil rights organizations, accuses Trump and the Republican National Committee of conspiring to restrict voting by intimidating election officials to ensure that the former president to remain in power “despite having lost the elections.”
The plaintiffs, who represent voters in several states including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia, which were key in past presidential elections, allege they are suing Trump for actions he committed as a candidate and not as president.
This case in the District of Columbia is part of the dozens of lawsuits against the former Republican president in everything, who has already announced his intention to run as a candidate in 2024, throughout the country.
On November 18, the United States Attorney General appointed a special prosecutor to investigate Trump for his possible involvement in the assault on the Capitol and for the classified documents found at his Florida residence.
It is the second time that Trump has been subjected to such an investigation, since in 2017, former FBI director Robert Mueller was appointed special prosecutor to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
