Former President Trump is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him and two others by Sandra Garza, the longtime partner of fallen U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, per Law 360.
obtained by Law 360, Trump's legal time claims he has "absolute immunity" for actions taken while he was in office.
"Officer Sicknick's death is a tragedy," the complaint states. "That does not make it a tort for which President Trump is liable." But Department of Justice prosecutors told the D.C. Court on Thursday that the former president is not immune from the lawsuit, Law 360 reports.The lawsuit, filed by lawyers for Garza and Sicknick's estate, seeks $10 million in damages.after clashing with rioters during the Jan. 6 attack.
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