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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-loses-on-appeal-in-trying-to-block-trump-deposition/ar-AA1g6Vru?cvid=17afa311bbf645f9ae5c3e026cf33135&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=24
DOJ loses on appeal in trying to block Trump deposition
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The D.C. Appeals Court ruled Friday that former President Trump can be deposed in suits against the FBI brought by former agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
The Department of Justice appealed a ruling from a lower court in July, which came to the same conclusion.
Strzok is suing the bureau for wrongful termination and Page is suing for invasion of privacy after the pair were embroiled in a political scandal due to work on the bureau’s investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia in 2018.
Text messages became public in which the pair spoke about how they personally disliked Trump, causing concern that the entire investigation was biased, later resulting in Page resigning and Strzok being fired.
“Only the most extraordinary of circumstances would justify allowing a plaintiff to depose a former high-level official about actions he took in the course of his official duties. This case falls far short of that standard,” DOJ attorneys argued in their appeal.
FBI Director Christopher Wray and former Trump chief of staff John Kelly already testified for the lawsuits, making Trump’s testimony unnecessary, the DOJ argued.
The appeals court ruled that District Judge Amy Berman Jackson properly considered the DOJ’s concerns about a former president being deposed and came to her conclusion justly.
“Having employed particular ‘deference and restraint’ considering the separation-of-powers concerns at issue, the district court ultimately concluded that ‘extraordinary circumstances’ warranted the deposition of the former President,” according to the ruling.
“Under these circumstances, petitioners have not shown that the district court’s conclusion was a clear abuse of discretion warranting mandamus relief,” it continued.
Kelly said in his testimony that Trump “wanted to see Mr. Strzok fired” and considered other retaliation.
“President Trump questioned whether investigations by the Internal Revenue Service or other federal agencies should be undertaken into Mr. Strzok and/or Ms. Page. I do not know of President Trump ordering such an investigation. It appeared, however, that he wanted to see Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page investigated,” Kelly said.
Trump has extensively spoken about Strzok and Page on social media.
The case now returns to Jackson, who previously said that she would allow Trump to be deposed for a short period of time on limited subject matter relevant to the suits. |
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/appeals-court-opens-floodgates-to-civil-liability-lawsuits-against-trump-for-jan-6/ar-BB1jzLCS?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=253a52f57682404da868bef8387fcbfe&ei=58
Appeals court opens floodgates to civil liability lawsuits against Trump for Jan. 6
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The United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. was breached by thousands of protesters during a “Stop The Steal” rally in support of President Donald Trump during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx 2021 1/6/21
The floodgates exposing Donald Trump to civil lawsuits seeking to hold him accountable for the violent and destructive events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 are now open, according to an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
On Friday, the appeals court gave the green light to three civil complaints against Trump tied to Jan. 6. As Law&Crime previously reported, Trump missed his deadline at the Supreme Court to fight the civil lawsuits in February.
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According to a 2-page per curiam order:
These appeals raise the same question that this court recently decided in Blassingame v. Trump. As a result, the merits of the parties positions are so clear as to warrant summary action. Blassingame held that former President Donald J. Trump lacks presidential immunity for actions that he took ‘in his personal capacity as presidential candidate’ as opposed to ‘in his official capacity as sitting President.’
The three lawsuits approved to move forward on Friday are Marcos J. Moore v. Donald Trump; Bobby Tabron et al v. Donald Trump; and Briana Kirkland v. Donald Trump. All of the plaintiffs are police officers who responded to the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Mutually but in their own separate motions, the plaintiffs argue Trump broke the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. That law bars mob violence from being directed at federal officials. Many of the officers also allege that Trump inflicted physical and emotional injuries on them by inciting the attack at the Capitol.
Capitol Police Officer Moore, in particular, alleged in his 2022 complaint against Trump that “insurrectionists were spurred on by Trump’s conduct over many months” as he spread rampant lies about pervasive voter fraud altering the outcome of the 2020 election.
His words ended up being a “call to arms,” Moore alleges.
Moore wasn’t even meant to report to work on Jan. 6. He was called by a superior on Jan. 5 and told to come in. He would spend more than 12 hours on duty that day, much of it spent desperately trying to defend the Capitol and repelling wave after wave of rioters, several of them members of the Proud Boys extremist group, Moore’s lawsuit notes.
His lawsuit alone seeks to hold Trump liable for an array of offenses including directing assault and battery, aiding and abetting assault and battery, inciting a riot, disorderly conduct and civil conspiracy.
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