Judge Mehta Again Rules Trump Not Immune From Key Jan. 6 Civil Suits, Letting Cases Proceed Toward Trial
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Judge Mehta again ruled that former President Trump is not immune from civil claims that his Jan. 6 Ellipse speech incited the riot, allowing consolidated lawsuits filed between March 2021 and January 2023 — including a wrongful-death suit by Brian Sicknick’s partner — to proceed toward trial. Mehta held the speech can plausibly be treated as conduct outside official-act immunity while shielding some clearly official acts, making the civil cases one of the remaining avenues for accountability after Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 criminal case ended when Trump returned to office.