Well, the Judge didn't agree. According to Associated Press, the lawsuit will go forward because the Supreme Court has ruled out constitutional protections for speech that incites to violence:
A federal judge declined Trump's preliminary request to dismiss the lawsuit, filed by two women and a man who say they were shoved and punched by audience members at Trump's command. Video widely broadcast during the campaign shows Trump pointing at the protesters and repeating "get them out."
U.S. District Judge David Hale ruled on April 1 that there's ample evidence that could be seen as supporting allegations that the protesters' injuries were a "direct and proximate result" of Trump's actions. The judge also noted that the Supreme Court has ruled out constitutional protections for speech that incites violence.
Not only that, but one of the Trump followers who attacked the protesters, who is also being sued, says he acted only because Trump said to get them out and because Trump said he would pay for the lawyers for anyone attacking protesters.
WDRB-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2oed0Tu ) that 75-year-old Alvin Bamberger said he was only following Trump's directions when he helped remove her.
Bamberger filed a countersuit in U.S. District Court on Friday, saying "he would not have acted as he did without" Trump's "urging and inspiration."
Bamberger also cited other Trump rallies, saying Trump and his campaign "repeatedly urged people attending" the rallies to "remove individuals who were voicing opposition to Trumps candidacy" and promised to pay the legal fees of those who removed protesters.
That's actually true. And Trump is recorded on video saying he would pay the legal fees for people removing protesters.
So now that Trump is realizing he broke the law, he wants the lawuist to be dropped not because of lack of merit, but because of presidential immunity. In other words, Trump is acknowledging he broke the law, but he's trying to weasel himself out of it.
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