19 apr 2024 anni - Donald Trump Gets Bad Legal News From D.C. While in New York Court Newsweek 2024, Apr 19

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A federal judge ruled on Thursday that lawsuits filed against Donald Trump over his actions tied to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol were allowed to advance despite the former president's push to pause litigation amid his related criminal case in Washington, D.C.

The order by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta was issued while Trump appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court for day three of jury selection in his criminal hush-money trial, in which Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to a payment made to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.

Trump's defense team argued in a court filing to Mehta last month that the lawsuits—which were brought against Trump by a handful of police officers and Democratic lawmakers who were at the Capitol during the attack—should be paused while his federal election subversion charges play out in D.C.

That case, brought by Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith, is set to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court next week as justices consider Trump's argument that presidential immunity protects him from facing criminal charges for actions he took while in office.

The former president has sought to use the presidential immunity defense to shield himself from a plethora of criminal and civil challenges. He also argued to Mehta in his previous motion that moving the January 6 lawsuits forward could reveal his trial strategy for the criminal election case, and that the suits should be stayed until the Supreme Court rules on the immunity claim.

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