United States: An appeals court has been informed by the US Department of Justice that former President Donald Trump is not immune from civil lawsuits related to his alleged incitement of the Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021.

The merits of several private lawsuits filed against Trump by law enforcement officials and members of Congress are currently being debated by the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC.

The plaintiffs argue that Trump's speech on the day of the riot, in which he urged his supporters to march to the Capitol and "fight like hell" in protest of his election defeat, but to do so "peacefully and patriotically, What a spark was the unrest.

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The Justice Department argued that Trump's speech could be examined for signs of provocation in a legal filing Thursday.

The department's lawyers wrote, "It is a traditional function of the presidency to speak to the public on issues of public concern. However, public communication is one of that traditional functions."

It does not include the kind of imminent personal violence that the district court determined Plaintiffs had credibly alleged in their complaints.

First, Trump claimed that he was speaking to his supporters on that particular day in his official capacity as president and was therefore exempt from prosecution.

However, Trump appealed a district court judge's ruling that the speech was outside the bounds of his presidential responsibilities last year.

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Reps. Eric Swalwell, Pramila Jayapal, and Maxine Waters, all Democrats who openly opposed Trump before the riots, are among the lawmakers suing him.

Four Trump supporters were killed during the riot, and more than 100 police officers were claimed injured. While Air Force veteran Ashley Babbitt was shot by a Capitol Police officer close to the entrance to the House chamber, two others were killed naturally and one died of an accidental overdose.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland last year named a special counsel to look into whether he could face criminal charges in addition to civil lawsuits for "attempts to interfere with the lawful transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election." .