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... Trump's lawyers asked the judge, Lori Will, to "recognize a rule of temporary immunity that protects the Presidency from the diversions, distractions and harassment of state civil litigation."

The plaintiffs alleged that they were denied their agreed--pon payout for successfully launching Truth Social.

But before the judge could decide the immunity matter, Trump seemed to undercut his own argument by filing a civil lawsuit of his own against an Iowa newspaper, the Des Moines Register.

Trump, who for decades has used litigation to hit back at critics, subsequently filed at least five more lawsuits in his personal capacity, seeking tens of billions of dollars.

These were defamation suits targeting a book publisher, Penguin Random House, and three news organizations, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the BBC; a suit accusing a bank, JPMorgan Chase of unlawfully closing his accounts; and a suit accusing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service of unlawfully failing to prevent disclosure of his tax returns to the media.

The media companies and JPMorgan denied wrongdoing. The IRS has not commented on the lawsuit or responded in court.

Ultimately, the Delaware case against Trump was dismissed by Will in September, but not on immunity grounds. ...