The former president is facing multiple civil and criminal court cases while campaigning in the 2024 presidential election.
Former President Donald Trump has been handed a court victory after a federal judge dropped a civil lawsuit’s wrongful death claim filed against him.
Trump was named alongside convicted January 6 rioters Julian Khater and George Tanios in a lawsuit filed by Sandra Garza, the partner of deceased U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick.
Sicknick died one day after the January 6 attack, having been assaulted and sprayed with chemicals by rioters who were storming the Capitol in an ill-fated attempt to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed the suit’s wrongful death and negligence claims, ruling that Garza lacked standing to bring the claims because she was not married or a legal domestic partner to Sicknick.
However, Mehta allowed part of the lawsuit to continue. Trump and his co-defendants could still be found in violation of Washington, D.
