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A federal appeals court had already ruled that Trump could be sued over his role in the Jan. 6 attack, and the decision kept biting on December 9 as the campaign tried to pretend the case was just another partisan nuisance. The ruling undercut the core immunity argument and reinforced the idea that his post-election conduct was campaign behavior, not official presidential work.
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A federal appeals court had already ruled that Trump could be sued over his role in the Jan. 6 attack, and the decision kept biting on December 9 as the campaign tried to pretend the case was just another partisan nuisance. The ruling undercut the core immunity argument and reinforced the idea that his post-election conduct was campaign behavior, not official presidential work.
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