Can the Courts Hold Trump Accountable?

Trump sues to block the January 6 Committee and is questioned for hours by lawyers representing protestors assaulted by his security guards.

Trump is facing numerous civil and criminal court cases. Civil cases include assaulting protestors, defrauding investors and family members, defamation from women claiming rape and sexual assault, and for violating civil rights and the Ku Klux Klan Act. The criminal cases include investigations into his business dealings, bank and tax fraud, and his failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower in New York on Sept. 3, 2015, the day immigrant rights protesters allege they were roughed up outside Trump Tower.Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

Trump faces a pile of civil lawsuits as depositions begin, NBC News | 10/18/2021

By Dareh Gregorian

At least 10 civil cases are pending against Trump, whose ability to delay them has been curtailed since he left office in January. Trump had argued in some of the cases that as a sitting president he was immune from civil lawsuits.


Video: Trump, Without The Presidency To Hide Behind, Faces Litany Of Lawsuits, MSNBC | 10/18/2021

Rachel Maddow reports on Donald Trump sitting for an hours-long deposition for a legal case in which he is being sued, the first of many lawsuits he now faces after using the presidency as an excuse to postpone several of them.


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