Judicial appointees of former President Donald Trump are ruling against him in various legal issues in which he is entangled.
Among the three judges who issued the ruling was Judge Gregory Katsas, whom Trump appointed to serve as a U.S.
Katsas was also on Trump's list of potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees.
Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court on October 18, 2023, in New York City.
Friday's ruling is part of a continuing trend in which Trump appointees are ruling against the former president in cases related to the 2020 election and the Capitol riot.
"The record contains no evidence that any of these records were declassified," Judges Andrew Brasher and Britt Grant wrote.
"The immunity question thus turns on whether President Trump made the January 6 speech in an official or private capacity," Katsas wrote. »