Former President Donald Trump's lawyer argued in a new filing that the speech he delivered on January 6 before the MAGA riot was protected by the First Amendment and he had 'absolute immunity' as president to contest the election.

The claim filed in D.C. District Court was in response to a lawsuit from Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, one of the House's impeachment managers, seeking to hold Trump legally accountable for inciting an insurrection after Democrats were unable to get an impeachment conviction in the U.S. Senate.

Trump's lawyer said that the president's bully pulpit message at the 'Save America' rally was a constitutionally protected presidential act, according to CNN, which first reported on the new filing.

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