Justice Dept. says Trump can face civil suits over 1/6

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The Justice Dept. says Trump can face civil suits over January 6th. The DOJ rejected the former president’s claim of absolute immunity from lawsuits filed by police officers and members of Congress. Plus, after only three hours of deliberation the jury came back with a guilty verdict on all counts for Alex Murdaugh. Jeremy Peters, Glenn Kirschner, Steven Sund, Avery Wilks, Chris Adams, Max Rose, Michael Steele, and Jonathan Greenblatt join.

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0:00.0	Tonight, a shocking ending to a bombshell case that gripped the country.
0:06.0	Alec Murdoch guilty of murdering his wife and son, the jury deliberating for only three
0:11.4	hours.
0:12.4	The color from inside the courtroom and what happens now.
0:16.0	Then Donald Trump lost again what the DOJ is now saying about his civil liability for
0:21.9	January 6th.
0:23.4	And if you are keeping score, George Santos, now under local state, federal, international
0:29.4	and now congressional investigations.
0:31.8	As the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:36.4	Three, two, one.
0:40.3	Good evening.
0:41.3	Once again, I'm Stephanie Rule, guilty.
0:43.5	A South Carolina jury has convicted former attorney Alec Murdoch of killing his wife and
0:48.8	son back in June of 2021.
0:51.2	We'll have much more on all of that in a moment, but we're also following a key development
0:56.1	in the efforts to hold Donald Trump accountable in the January 6th riot.
1:00.4	A new Justice Department filing says Trump can be held liable in a civil court for the
1:06.1	actions of rioters at the Capitol.
1:08.2	DOJ rejected Trump's claim of absolute immunity from civil lawsuits filed by police officers
1:14.0	and members of Congress.
1:15.6	And Department lawyers argued that protection goes away if a president uses words that are
1:21.2	quote, an incitement of imminent private violence.
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