A Pennsylvania judge handed former President Donald Trump a significant legal win on Monday.
According to The Hill, Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Erdos ruled that statements made by then-President Trump casting doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 election are protected by presidential immunity.
“Other 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,” Erdos ruled. “But this case is not the proper place to do so. Here, Trump is entitled to Presidential immunity.”
In 2020, a Pennsylvania poll worker sued Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and others for defamation over claims of voter tabulation errors.
The judge ruled the statements were part of Trump's official duties, as he was speaking to the public on matters of public concern.
“Here, then-President Trump's Gettysburg remarks and his tweet were public,” Erdos wrote. “Moreover, the topic of these statements—claims 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—was undoubtedly a matter of great public concern.”
Trump's team praised the ruling in a statement.
“We are pleased with the Court's decision to honor the long-standing principle of Presidential Immunity,” Trump legal spokeswoman Alina Habba said in a statement.
“Today, the Court made it clear that it is well within the President's discretion to address the integrity of our election without fear of liability,” Habba continued. “We expect that the rest of Mr. Savage's claims will similarly be disposed of as they are without merit.”
The ruling came a day before Trump was indicted by a Washington grand jury on Jan. 6 charges.
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These ambulance chasing Democrat Lawyers should have to PAY a Price when they bring Frivolous Unconstitutional Cases against Trump or anyone else? Two Impeachments with a Totally Fabricated Evidence Against Trump and a Totally Justified Phone Call manufactured into a Crime! These rats In Our Government must be Legally Trapped and Disposed of! Enough is Enough.