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Donald Trump can be held liable for the actions of a violent mob that launched a deadly attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, the US Department of Justice has determined.
The former president has responded to the ruling with an earnest statement in which he insists his speech that day “repeatedly called for peace, patriotism and respect for our men and women of law enforcement” and urged the courts to throw out any such “frivolous” legal challenges “in short order” before invoking presidential immunity in his defence.
Meanwhile, he joined a group of January 6 defendants on a song in which he recites the Pledge of Allegiance as currently jailed alleged rioters sing the national anthem.
The former commander-in-chief has reportedly been “soft banned” by Fox News after raging at his one-time ally Rupert Murdoch over the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case, filings from which include a deposition from the veteran executive in which he admits his regret that the network’s top personalities “endorsed” Mr Trump’s false election fraud claims in 2020.
