Former president Donald Trump can be sued by members of Congress and Capitol police for injuries they sustained during the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
The Department of Justice said on Thursday that former president Donald Trump can be sued by police over the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.
Trump had asserted that his role as president granted him immunity from the lawsuit on the grounds that he was performing official duties. After the lawsuit was filed in February 2022, a federal district court ruled last year the lawsuit couldTrump’s claim prompted the DOJ to issue itson Thursday that was submitted to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit and published by the Washington Post.
About 150 Capitol police officers were injured during the insurrection, and four police officers have since died by suicide.
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