An attorney for former President Donald Trump moved to dismiss a lawsuit Monday brought by California Rep. Eric Swalwell that seeks monetary damages for emotional distress caused by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Swalwell’s decision to sue runs “afoul of well-established, important, constitutional doctrines,” specifically the First Amendment, lawyer Jesse Binnall, who is representing the former president and his son Donald Trump Jr., argued in a court filing.
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