Former President Trump was sued by a state election worker over comments he made on the credibility of the 2020 election, but a judge in the state of Pennsylvania granted him presidential immunity.
James Savage, a supervisor of voting machines in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, sued Donald Trump twice, alleging that the former president’s remarks regarding the 2020 election caused him to get “hatred” as well as death threats, which led to his suffering two heart attacks.
According to Savage, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, two Delaware County, PA poll observers, and other individuals “conspired to discredit him and put him in a false light through openly and erroneously asserting that he interfered with the 2020 Presidential election outcomes.”
Savage specifically cited remarks made by Trump on November 5, 2020, while in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during a meeting with the Pennsylvania State Senate Policy Panel, on November 27, 2020, through a tweet, and on January 6, 2020, in a letter written to the House of Representatives Committee.
At the time, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported:
“The lawsuit included a Nov. 27, 2020, tweet from Trump that made accusations about lost USB drives as well as tens of thousands of ballots submitted for Biden. There is no proof that Pennsylvania had major voting fraud in the 2020 election.”
“Stenstrom would reiterate the allegations he had made during the committee hearing, claiming he saw “the voting machines warehouse supervisor regarding Delaware County” upload the votes for Biden,” according to a report from the Washington Post.
“According to Savage, it didn’t take much for people to figure out that he was the one who was receiving accusations of election fraud.”
Judge Michael E. Erdos who heads the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas dismissed the complaint against Trump this week after granting him legislative as well as presidential immunity with regard to his remarks in 2020.
The legal team for Donald Trump declared itself “pleased” with the judge’s decision to award immunity.
“We welcome the Court’s decision to uphold the traditional tenet of presidential immunity. The Court made it plain today that the President can address the integrity of the presidential election without worrying about facing legal repercussions. We anticipate that the remaining allegations made by Mr. Savage will be dismissed in a similar manner because they lack validity,” according to Trump’s attorney Alina Habba.
Judge Erdos said that Trump’s public statements concerning election integrity were “undoubtedly an issue of extreme public concern” and that his statements “dealt with the foundation of our democracy elections.”
“One of the President’s formal responsibilities is to address the public on issues of public importance.” According to Erdos, “the President’s use of the ‘bully pulpit’ for addressing the country has historically been a key aspect of the position.”
The court declined to inquire into Trump’s thoughts or motivations about the validity of the election.
“Trump’s claims undoubtedly served his own interests. His political career and his position as ‘leader of the free world’ were at danger, and the stakes couldn’t have been greater. However, that doesn’t imply that they were beyond the ‘outer perimeter of what is his official duty,'” Erdos stated.
“Neither is it the Court’s business to judge the wisdom of Trump’s remarks,” Erdos said. “Identifying Trump’s mindset when he stated what he said isn’t the duty of the Court.”
“Other judicial proceedings can look into the propriety of his remarks and actions when he was President of the United States and whether or not as the plaintiffs in this as well as additional cases contend, it was this behavior which presented the real threat to our democracy,” the court said in his ruling. “However, this is not the appropriate situation to do so. Trump is entitled to executive immunity in this situation.”
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