Trump Seeks to Dodge Suit by Supporters Who Beat Protesters

PresidentDonald Trumpasked a federal judge to throw out lawsuits filed by two former supporters who blame him for “inspiring” their violence against protesters at one of his pre-election campaign rallies.

The men unfairly “seek to pass the blame” and liability to the president, Trump’s lawyers said in a filing Friday in federal court in Louisville, Kentucky. “One cannot be vicariously liable for merely inspiring others.”

Alvin Bamberger and Matthew Heimbach blame Trump for their behavior at a March 1, 2016, rally in Louisville, saying he encouraged the violence by telling the crowd to “get ’em out of here,” ...