Trump Loses Bid to Halt Jan. 6 Lawsuits

Friday, April 19, 2024

Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack ...

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... U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington denied defense lawyers' request to put the civil cases seeking to hold Trump responsible for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on hold while the criminal case accusing him of conspiring to overturn his election defeat to President Joe Biden plays out. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-04-19 12:47 PM | Reply

This ruling will be appealed, if it has not already been. SCOTUS should prepare to spend summer in DC...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2024-04-19 01:56 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Didn't the Supreme Court just hold event organizers responsible for ANY damage caused by their protest?

Shouldn't Donald have to pay for all capital damage and injuries then?

#3 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-04-19 02:06 PM | Reply

Didn't the Supreme Court just hold event organizers responsible for ANY damage caused by their protest?

Wow. I hadn't even thought to make that connection. Trump called these people to DC and he gave them their marching orders.

Pretty cut and dried, isn't it?

#4 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-04-19 02:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

@#4 ... Didn't the Supreme Court just hold event organizers responsible for ANY damage caused by their protest? ...

The Supreme Court Made It Almost Impossible to Organize Protests in Three States (April 15, 2024)
sg.news.yahoo.com

... The Supreme Court decided on Monday not to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to hold the organizer of a Black Lives Matter protest liable for injuries sustained by a police officer who was attacked by a demonstrator. The decision leaves in place an appeals court ruling that effectively renders organizers liable for any illegal act committed by protest attendees in three states: Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. ...

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-04-19 03:48 PM | Reply

@#4 ... Didn't the Supreme Court just hold event organizers responsible for ANY damage caused by their protest? ...

Offer to allow states to ignore the first amendment currently only available in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-04-19 09:35 PM | Reply