May 04, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice is calling for a halt to discovery in consolidated lawsuits against President Donald Trump over his involvement in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol while the D.C. Circuit decides whether he should be immune from the litigation.
April 13, 2026
The limits of presidential immunity are once again set to be tested after a D.C. federal judge ruled President Donald Trump must face civil claims over the Jan. 6, 2021, riots, clearing the way for trial and potentially another high-stakes appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
April 01, 2026
A D.C. federal judge refused Tuesday to hand President Donald Trump a summary judgment win in consolidated civil suits over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, finding there are factual disputes over whether Trump was acting beyond his official capacity as president, and therefore he could be liable.
December 19, 2025
Pres. Donald Trump's immunity from liability for his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was once again argued in D.C. federal court Friday, this time in the civil context as lawmakers suing Trump fought his bid to exit their long-running suit.
March 12, 2024
Federal lawmakers and Capitol police officers suing Donald Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol are facing the potential for further delay in the litigation as the former president argues the suits cannot proceed while the U.S. Supreme Court reviews of his claim for immunity from criminal prosecution.
February 18, 2022
A D.C. federal judge on Friday rejected former President Donald Trump's claim that he has "absolute immunity" from a trio of lawsuits seeking to hold him liable for inciting last year's deadly U.S. Capitol attack, saying the evidence shows that he assembled and directed thousands of supporters to march to the Capitol.
January 10, 2022
A D.C. federal judge pushed back Monday on former President Donald Trump's claim that he has "absolute immunity" from three suits seeking to hold him and others liable for inciting last year's deadly U.S. Capitol attack and called into question Trump's long delay in calling off his supporters who carried out the riot.
July 21, 2021
The House Democrat who initiated a civil rights lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and others over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has withdrawn from the case "to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest" as he leads a new committee investigating the attack.
July 19, 2021
The Oath Keepers militia group said Monday that members of Congress could not sue over the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot because the lawmakers were the ones who interrupted the Electoral College certification with an emergency adjournment as rioters were attacking the Capitol.
July 08, 2021
Former President Donald Trump cannot use "absolute immunity" or the First Amendment to avoid lawsuits over his alleged role in spurring the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, constitutional law professors told a D.C. federal judge on Thursday.