Trump seeks presidential immunity from any civil lawsuit filed against him in state court

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

Trump seeks presidential immunity from any civil lawsuit filed against him in state court

The president is being sued by two co-founders of his Trump Media company.

ByPeter Charalambous
January 27, 2025, 6:35 PM

In a case that sits squarely at the intersection of his business and political interests, President Donald Trump is trying to stop a civil lawsuit against his multibillion-dollar social media company by arguing that he should be immune from civil litigation filed in state court while he serves as president.

Trump and his co-defendants -- including FBI director nominee Kash Patel and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino -- asked a Delaware judge to either issue a four-year delay of the case or dismiss a lawsuit filed by Trump Media & Technology Group co-founders Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss, who alleged that Trump and company executives orchestrated a scheme to prevent them from getting their full stake in the company after it went public.

Facing an "unprecedented" number of civil lawsuits, Trump argued that having to fend off the litigation would be a "distraction" from his presidential duties and "interfere substantially" with the function of the executive branch.

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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-seeks-presidential-immunity-civil-lawsuit-filed-state/story?id=118157889

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Bullsh*t. This needs to be stopped.

[Attilatheblond]

2. Did he file in Pussy Grabber Court?

It's too early in the morning for this BS overreach

[kerouac2]

3. Omfg

Our system allows this monster to do what he's doing because it was inconceivable anyone willing to do these things would reach this office. The American people failed America twice, but this one is the nail in the coffin.

[Oneear]

4. This is Making Donald Trump Bad

Donald Trump thinks he is above the Law

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Not going to happen.

[RainCaster]

6. If he had put all his holdings in a blind trust...

... This would not be a problem. But it is, and all because of his grifting. Tough shit. States have rights.

[cynical_idealist]

7. If you cant do the time, don't do the crime...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. That's not an official presidential duty Donny Shit for Brains

[The Wizard]

9. Will the Mediocre (formerly Supreme) Court

continue acting as his lawyers?

[valleyrogue]

10. It didn't work for Bill Clinton, so screw him. n/t