that protection goes away if a president uses words that are quote an incitement of imminent private violence. as a reminder, here is just some of what former president donald j trump said on that fateful day. we re gonna walk down to the capitol [applause] and we re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we re probably not gonna be cheering much for some of them. because you ll never take back our country with weakness. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not gonna have a country anymore. what congresswoman, who is part of this lawsuit against donald trump, of course welcome the doj s decision today, and earlier she described what happened in the house when the capital was under siege. we had to try to put on our gas max and we were told we had to hit the floor we barely got out of the chambers before they came in. we almost did not get out of there. after january six, the officers on the front lines of the attack t
tonight, a shocking ending to a bombshell case the arrest of the. country rupert murdoch, the color from inside the courtroom and what happens next. then donald trump lost again, but the doj is now saying about his civil liability for january 6th. and if you are keeping score, george santos now under local, state, federal, and international and now congressional investigations is 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. guilty a south carolina jury s come convicted former attorney alex murdaugh of killing his wife and son back in june of 2021. we ll have much more on all of that in a moment, but we are also following a key development in the efforts to hold donald trump accountable in the january 6th riot. a new justice department filing says trump can be held liable in a civil court for the actions of rioters at the capitol. doj rejected trump s claim of absolute immunity from civil lawsuits filed by police officers and members
that protection goes away if a president uses words that are quote an incitement of imminent private violence. as a reminder, here is just some of what former president donald j trump said on that fateful day. we re gonna walk down to the capitol [applause] and we re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we re probably not gonna be cheering much for some of them. because you ll never take back our country with weakness. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not gonna have a country anymore. what congresswoman, who is part of this lawsuit against donald trump, of course welcome the doj s decision today, and earlier she described what happened in the house when the capital was under siege. we had to try to put on our gas max and we were told we had to hit the floor we barely got out of the chambers before they came in. we almost did not get out of there. after january six, the officers on the front lines of the attack testified a
there s not enough of those supporters believing that nonsense to win elections. glenn, when the chief said something a moment ago, i started thinking more and more about the individual officers who are going to work every day, taking care of their families. do you believe they re going to be successful in the civil suits? we might be able to say there s many reasons why you could argue donald trump incited this, but actually proving it and winning in a court of law, is a long and labourious and expensive process. you re absolutely right. and just as the chief says. because the person who will be in court defending is not the person who actually hit anybody in the head of the stick, who actually personally engaged in the violendonald trump was a bie removed than that. so this is a big development today, but i don t think the outcome is at all certain. and let s remember, staff, we might still have to get an opinion out of the d. c. federal court circuit of appeals on his case. and th