said<\/a> Trump\u2019s immunity covered a tweet he issued and comments he made remotely from the White House during a Pennsylvania state Senate committee hearing in November 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\nJames Savage, a Pennsylvania voting machine supervisor in the 2020 election, filed lawsuits alleging Trump, Rudy Giuliani, two poll watchers and others conspired to defame him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOther legal proceedings may examine the propriety of his statements and actions while he was the President and whether, as the plaintiffs in this and other cases contend, it was this conduct which served as the actual threat to our democracy,\u201d Erdos ruled. \u201cBut this case is not the proper place to do so. Here, Trump is entitled to Presidential immunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere, then-President Trump\u2019s Gettysburg remarks and his tweet were public,\u201d Erdos wrote. \u201cMoreover, the topic of these statements\u2014claims from third parties and the President himself about irregularities in the Presidential election which on their face called into question the integrity of the election and whether now-President Joseph Biden had been duly elected\u2014was undoubtedly a matter of great public concern.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump praised the Monday ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are pleased with the Court\u2019s decision to honor the long-standing principle of Presidential Immunity,\u201d Trump legal spokeswoman Alina Habba said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday, the Court made it clear that it is well within the President\u2019s discretion to address the integrity of our election without fear of liability,\u201d Habba continued. \u201cWe expect that the rest of Mr. Savage\u2019s claims will similarly be disposed of as they are without merit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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