Former Republican US President Donald Trump can be tried in a civil trial for the attack by his supporters on the Capitol headquarters on January 6, 2021, a US federal judge ruled on Friday.

The decision by an appeals court in Washington, D.C., which can still be appealed, followed a civil complaint filed by two police officers who were in the building at the time of the attack and a group of about ten members of Congress. . The latter accuse the former Republican president of inciting his supporters to attack the Capitol in order to prevent the transition of power to the winner of the Democratic election, Joe Biden, France Presse and Agerpres reported.

At the time, Trump was still president and therefore invoked his presidential immunity, an argument rejected by the court that made the decision announced Friday.

Since January 6, 2021, more than 1,000 people have been arrested, with 350 charged and already serving prison terms against members of far-right groups who entered the Capitol building at the time.

Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for next year’s presidential election but facing multiple criminal charges, continues to say the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Biden was “stolen” and is now suing him Democrats to prevent him from running in 2024.