The file
March 31, 2026. Judge Amit P. Mehta of the District of Columbia told President Trump that the Ellipse speech on January 6 — the “Stop the Steal” remarks in the park south of the White House — was political, not an official act. Official-act immunity is the rule that a President cannot be sued for damages for work inside the outer edge of the job. Mehta wrote that Trump had not shown the speech could reasonably be understood that way. The civil cases stay open. That is the episode.
Amit P. Mehta. United States District Court for the District of Columbia official portrait, 15 April 2016. U.S. government work. Wikimedia Commons File:Mehta_A.jpg, from dcd.uscourts.gov.
Jan. 6 civil · documented
Lee v. Trump, 21-cv-00400 (APM), the Thompson/Lee consolidated civil file. Summary judgment on official-acts immunity largely denied. Quote is on the opinion PDF. Not dumped again as a photo card below.
Barack Obama, official portrait, 13 January 2009. Pete Souza. CC BY 3.0.
Confirmation
Obama nominee. PN1942. Confirmed by voice vote December 16, 2014. Commission December 19, 2014 (FJC).
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse. AgnosticPreachersKid, 30 May 2010. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Identity
FJC: commission December 19, 2014. DCD bio: appointed December 22, 2014. Both printed. Unresolved as to the day.
United States Capitol, west front. Architect of the Capitol. U.S. government work.
Mazars
Trump v. Committee, 19-cv-01136 (APM). Subpoena to Mazars upheld. Supreme Court vacated the judgment in 2020.
John G. Roberts Jr., Chief Justice. Steve Petteway, Supreme Court Collection. U.S. government work.
FISC
FISC current roster: designated June 1, 2021; term expires May 18, 2028. FJC: 2021–present. Not a joint Page warrant with Bates or Boasberg.
Donald J. Trump, official White House portrait, 6 October 2017. Shealah Craighead. U.S. government work.
Jan. 6 civil
Thompson v. Trump, 590 F. Supp. 3d 46. 21-cv-00400 (APM) and consolidated. Trump’s motion to dismiss denied in part.
United States Capitol, west front. Architect of the Capitol. U.S. government work.
Oath Keepers
United States v. Rhodes, 22-cr-00015 (APM). Mehta was the trial judge. Jury convicted Rhodes and Meggs of seditious conspiracy.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building. Voice of America. U.S. government work.
Oath Keepers
Rhodes: 18 years for seditious conspiracy. Mehta was the sentencing judge. Later commuted; later dismissed.
United States Supreme Court Building. Ken Hammond, USDA. U.S. government work.
D.C. Circuit
Blassingame v. Trump, 87 F.4th 1 (D.C. Cir. 2023). Affirmed denial of official-acts immunity at the pleading stage. Not a trial verdict.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building. Voice of America. U.S. government work.
United States v. Google, 20-cv-03010 (APM). Sherman Act § 2 liability. 747 F. Supp. 3d 1.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building. Voice of America. U.S. government work.
Remedies opinion, 20-cv-03010. No Chrome or Android divestiture. Exclusive-default limits and limited data sharing.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building. Voice of America. U.S. government work.
Oath Keepers
United States v. Rhodes, 22-cr-00015 (APM), ECF 981. Rule 48(a) dismissal with prejudice after commutation, not a pardon.
Commentary
Epoch Times, Just the News, Examiner, Washington Times, Fox. Gaps: TGP, OANN, Deep Capture, Breitbart, Daily Caller, Federalist, Treehouse, Daily Wire.