Trump Wants Truth Social Deal Lawsuit Put on Hold Over Immunity

President-elect Donald Trump wants a lawsuit against him by the co-founders of his social-media platform put on hold so that a Delaware judge can decide whether presidential immunity covers the case.

Lawyers for Trump and two board members of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., FBI chief nominee Kash Patel and ex-Republican Congressman Devin Nunes, argued that “temporary presidential immunity” applies to all of them. The ex-president is the largest shareholder of the company, which oversees the Truth Social platform.

The trio’s attorneys contend they can show the men are “temporarily immune from state civil litigation,” according to ...