Former President Donald Trump missed a deadline to ask the Supreme Court to review his claim that he is immune from civil lawsuits over the events of January 6, 2021.
In addition to the criminal case brought by special counsel Jack Smith, Mr. Trump faces three civil lawsuits brought by Capitol Police officers. tort claim Lawmakers' claims for physical injury, emotional distress, and obstruction of justice are all contained in Blassingame v. Trump. In this case, on December 1, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit: was denied Mr. Trump has argued that he is immune from civil litigation for cases brought on while he was president, and he has not asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the case after Thursday's deadline passed. (Related: Federal appeals court rejects Trump's immunity proposal)
Chief Justice Padmanabhan Srikanth Srinivasan of the D.C. Circuit, appointed by President Barack Obama, wrote in a unanimous ruling that “If a first-term president chooses to seek a second term, his campaign for re-election is not formal.'' This is not an act of a president.” “The Office of the President, as an institution, is not concerned with who is next in office, and campaigning for that office is not an official act of office,” the court added. It concluded that unofficial acts are not subject to civil action.
Blassingame v. Trump, No. 22-5069 (DC Cir. December 1, 2023) by Daily Caller News Foundation On Scribd
The Supreme Court's rules typically I need A motion for certiorari must be filed within 90 days of the lower court's decision.
However, the court said that does not prevent Trump from raising the same claims again, given that discovery in the case has not yet been completed and all relevant factual findings have not been confirmed.
“As these cases proceed in the district courts, he must be given the opportunity to develop his own facts on the issue of immunity…At the appropriate time, he must be given the opportunity to lay out his own facts on the issue of immunity. Judgment may be sought,” Srinivasan wrote. For DC circuits.
The lead plaintiffs in the case, James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby, are U.S. Capitol Police officers who were injured during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. stone pillar. He struck him in the spine and the back of his head, rendering him unable to move,” the complaint states, adding:[f]Or, for the first time in his life, people screamed in his face and called him “nigger” multiple times throughout the basement raid. He lost count of how many racial slurs were hurled at him. ”
“Officer Hemby is under the care of an orthopedic specialist and receives physical therapy for his neck and back two to three days a week,” the complaint states regarding the other plaintiff.
The remaining two charges were filed by Democratic lawmakers. benny thompson Former chairman of the Mississippi House Select Committee investigating the case, Eric Swalwell each in California. They claim President Trump's actions on January 6, 2021 and claims of a “stolen” election violate the law. Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871which allows for compensation for damages in the event of obstructing a member of the Diet from performing his or her official duties.
No next hearing in the case has been scheduled. President Trump currently faces multiple criminal and civil lawsuits in several jurisdictions in the United States. Most likely candidate For the Republican presidential candidate.
The Trump campaign did not respond to requests for comment.
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