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Jayapal welcomes ruling advancing Trump Jan. 6 case
She is among the lawmakers seeking damages over the violence that disrupted Congress on Jan. 6.
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Malvika Choudhary - Thu, 02, Apr 2026
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal / Wikimedia commons
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on April 1 welcomed the court’s ruling in a civil case tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, stating that it strengthens efforts to hold President Donald Trump accountable.
The ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta largely denied Trump’s attempt to use presidential immunity to block the lawsuit, Lee, et al. v. Trump, et al., allowing key claims tied to his Jan. 6 conduct – including his Ellipse speech and several public statements, to proceed in federal court.
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“Donald Trump incited an insurrection on January 6th, and we are now one step closer to holding him accountable for that,” Jayapal said.
Calling the decision “a promising ruling,” Jayapal said the case still faces a lengthy legal path but described the court’s order as a significant step.
“This is a promising ruling and means that we are now closer to Trump being held accountable for January 6th,” she said. “And while there is still a long road ahead, I am pleased to see this ruling from the Court and hope it is upheld.”
Jayapal also said accountability remained necessary both for lawmakers who were in the House chamber during the attack and for the broader public.
“We cannot stop pushing for justice — for those of us in the House Chamber that day and for the American people,” she said. “Without accountability, we cannot move forward without the real risk that this might happen again.”
The lawsuit is one of several civil actions filed in the aftermath of the Capitol attack by Democratic lawmakers and Capitol Police officers who say they were endangered or harmed when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building as Congress met to certify the 2020 presidential election results. Jayapal is among a group of House members who sued Trump over the violence and disruption that day.
The case stems from the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, when a mob breached the building and interrupted the certification of former President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.
“On that dark day, when Trump supporters carried out a violent attack on our Capitol, I did not know if I would survive, and I did not know if our democracy would survive,” Jayapal said.
Mehta in his ruling found that Trump is not shielded by presidential immunity for much of his Jan. 6-related conduct, including remarks at the “Stop the Steal” rally and several public statements he made that day.
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