Biden’s Justice Dept. Might Defend Trump After Capitol Riot Lawsuits.

Remember when people thought Trump could end up in prison?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJun 23, 2021
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Don’t get me wrong. What happened on January 6th was an incredibly disturbing, damning indictment of the state of affairs in the United States of America for a variety of reasons that I have already mentioned a number of times. Recently however, personally I have been focusing more on issues such as the the state of the housing market and voting rights legislation. But of course, a headline from The Washington Post concerning the riots caught my attention, and I find myself once again interested in the aftermath of the capitol riots.

Apparently, Joe Biden’s justice department may be defending Donald Trump in the wake of lawsuits he faces after the capitol riots.

In the article, Peter Eisler and Joseph Tanfani write:

“…The Biden administration paved the way for that possibility, say constitutional scholars and lawyers in the cases, by arguing in an unrelated defamation case against Trump that presidents enjoy sweeping immunity for their comments while in office — and the right to a defense by government lawyers. Biden’s Justice Department used that rationale in a surprise decision this month to continue defending Trump in a case filed by E. Jean Carroll…

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx