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President Trump cant be sued for allegedly provoking his supporters to assault protesters at a pre-election rally last March because his standing as president precludes him from civil litigation, one of his attorneys said Friday.

Mr. Trump is immune from suit because he is President of the United States, R. Kent Westberry, an attorney for Mr. Trump, wrote in a filing entered Friday in in federal court in Kentucky.

The presidents lawyer offered that defense in response to a lawsuit brought last month on behalf of three individuals who say they were assaulted at a March 2016 campaign rally in Louisville upon Mr. Trumps instruction.

Get em out of here, Mr. Trump repeatedly said into the microphone when demonstrators disrupted the rally and that constitutes explicit directives, according to the lawsuit, that could have no other reasonable meaning but to remove protesters, including the Plaintiffs, using unwanted, harmful physical force.

The legal action brought last month on the protesters behalf seeks damages from two Trump supporters accused of assault as well as the president and his White House campaign.

While Mr. Westberry doesnt dispute Mr. Trump wanted the protesters removed from last years event, he offered several explanations in Fridays filing as to why he believes the lawsuit should be rejected, among them his clients position as president.

In a separate filing, meanwhile, one of the alleged assailants brought legal action of his own against Mr. Trump on Friday. Alvin Bamberger, a member of the Korean War Veterans Association, was captured on video pushing a plaintiff in the lawsuit, Kashiya Nwanguma, during last years rally. According to his own claim, however, Bamberger would not have acted as he did without Trump and/or the Trump Campaigns specific urging and inspiration, his filing reads in part.

To the extent that Bamberger acted, he did so in response to and inspired by Trump and/or the Trump Campaigns urging to remove the protesters.

Fridays legal filings were first reported by Politico.

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Controversial alt-right provocateur Mike Cernovich appears to have been punched in the face at an anti-Trump rally in Austin, TX on Saturday after repeatedly yelling "Bill Clinton is a rapist" at the crowd.

The right-wing vlogger livestreamed his protest of the rally calling for President Trump to release his tax returns, and the footage appears to show rally goers shouting obscenities, pushing and shoving protest signs in front of Cernovich's face.

The livestream on Periscope then abruptly ends when Cernovich's phone falls after seemingly taking a hit.

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@Cernovich @Rambobiggs Good job Mike you had the right to free speech and to protect yourself when attacked.. I saw https://t.co/hyMdbIuLbF

@Kimberl05453181 @Cernovich @Rambobiggs The the looks of Mike's knuckles he had a very good right!

@Cernovich @Rambobiggs My gosh.... be safe Cernovich those idiots are crazy!!!!

@Cernovich @Rambobiggs that guy behind you yelling "show your taxes" is so creepy!

@Cernovich @Rambobiggs You both had every right to #FOS and to self defense.

@Cernovich @Rambobiggs Tweeting about yourself in the third person is telling. And unsurprising.

@Cernovich @Rambobiggs I guess free speech isn't really free #murica

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"Somebody attacked me and I had to hit them back," said Cernovich while showing his slightly bloodied fist to the camera on a separate livestream after the altercation.

Multiple witnesses claim to have seen Cernovich get "ambushed."

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"You guys were leaving, you said your piece, some guy came in and coldcocked you," said one witness on Cernovich's stream.

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Demonstrators protest in response to President Donald Trump's refusal to make his tax returns public in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela

Demonstrators protest in response to President Donald Trump's refusal to make his tax returns public in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela

Demonstrators protest in response to President Donald Trump's refusal to make his tax returns public in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela

People march demanding President Donald Trump release his tax returns, in New York, U.S., REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

People march demanding President Donald Trump release his tax returns, in New York, U.S., April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

People march demanding President Donald Trump release his tax returns, in New York, U.S., REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

People march demanding President Donald Trump release his tax returns, in New York, U.S., REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Demonstrators protest in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's refusal to make his tax returns public, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela

Demonstrators protest in response to President Donald Trump's refusal to make his tax returns public in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela

Demonstrators protest in response to President Donald Trump's refusal to make his tax returns public in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela

Demonstrators protest in response to President Donald Trump's refusal to make his tax returns public in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela

UNITED STATES - APRIL 15: Buddhist monk Jampal Rowe of Poolesville, Md., attends the Tax March rally on the west lawn of the Capitol to call on President Trump to release his tax returns, April 15, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Protestors take part in the 'Tax March' to call on US President Donald Trump to release his tax records on April 15, 2017 in New York. / AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Protestors walk by the Trump hotel during the 'Tax March' to call on US President Donald Trump to release his tax records on April 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel Ngan (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Protestors take part in the 'Tax March' to call on US President Donald Trump to release his tax records on April 15, 2017 in New York. / AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Protestors take part in the 'Tax March' to call on US President Donald Trump to release his tax records on April 15, 2017 in New York. / AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Protestors take part in the 'Tax March' to call on US President Donald Trump to release his tax records on April 15, 2017 in New York. / AFP PHOTO / KENA BETANCUR (Photo credit should read KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Protestors gather in Center City Philadelphia, PA, ahead of the April 15 Tax Day March. Around the nation thousands are expected to participate in similar protests against the Trump-administration. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Protestor holds a sign during a Tax Day protest rally and march in Center City Philadelphia, on April 15, 2017. Around the nation thousands are expected to participate in similar protests against the Trump-administration. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Protestors take part in the 'Tax March' to call on US President Donald Trump to release his tax records on April 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel Ngan (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Footage has also emerged that shows a protester throwing a punch into the crowd, but the camera does not capture who's on the receiving end or if it connects.

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Auburn University on Friday said a speaking engagement scheduled for next week featuring controversial alt-right figure Richard Spencer has been canceled for safety reasons after his planned appearance spurred security concerns across campus.

In consultation with law enforcement, Auburn canceled the Richard Spencer event scheduled for Tuesday evening based on legitimate concerns and credible evidence that it will jeopardize the safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors, the university said in a brief statement Friday afternoon.

Mr. Spencer, a white nationalist accused of espousing Nazism, insisted afterwards hell speak at Auburn notwithstanding the universitys decision to cancel next weeks event.

They think they have shut this down, but they havent, Mr. Spencer told The Plainsman student publication. Auburn University is naive and has totally misunderstood who I am if they think that I am going to politely back out of this. I will be there 100 percent.

Auburn encountered an outcry of criticism after Mr. Spencer announced on Wednesday that hed be speaking at the Alabama college on April 18, and the institution initially distanced itself from the scheduled event.

We are a public university and our meeting space is for rent. Auburn supports the constitutional right to free speech, so we dont make decisions on who can rent based on content. Spencer is paying $700 for the space, plus all costs for security (Auburn Police Division), Auburn University spokesman Mike Clardy said in a Wednesday email to AL.com.

By Friday, however, authorities and administrators alike agreed the event would trigger significant safety concerns if it went on as planned.

Based on an assessment of possible civil unrest and criminal activity during a requested event, it is the opinion of the Auburn Police Division that allowing Mr. Richard Spencer to proceed with his appearance [] would pose a real threat to public safety, law enforcement said in a statement Friday. We believe Auburn Universitys decision to keep students and others safe is appropriate at this juncture.

Auburn is fully committed to free speech, and we encourage the campus community to practice that constitutional right consistent with our belief in inclusion and respect. Again, this decision was made to ensure safety of the campus community, clarified Mr. Clardy, the university spokesman.

On Twitter, Mr. Spencer on Friday described the debate over his appearance as the civil rights struggle of our time.

Mr. Spencer has previously been attributed with coining the phrase alt-right, a label applied to individuals who embrace far-right ideologies rather than mainstream conservatism. He infamously evoked comparisons to Adolf Hitler last fall when he gave a controversial address at an annual conference held by his white nationalist think tank, the National Policy Institute, earning rebuke afterwards from the National Holocaust Memorial Museum, among others.

Hail Trump! Hail our people! Hail victory! Mr. Spencer said at the event.

More recently he made headlines when he was assaulted on camera by a masked protesters during President Trumps inauguration in January.

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