(Bloomberg) -- A Pennsylvania state court judge ruled that presidential immunity is broad enough to protect Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was rigged, even if he didn’t really believe the conspiracy.

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Judge Michael Erdos in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on Monday granted Trump immunity on two claims made in a 2021 lawsuit by voting-machine supervisor James Savage.

Savage claimed Trump damaged his reputation by falsely claiming he tampered with the 2020 election result, which resulted in death threats and two heart attacks. Savage’s third defamation claim — tied to written remarks Trump made after leaving office — isn’t protected by immunity, the judge said, and survived Trump’s motion to dismiss the case.

The decision was issued the same day Trump said on his social media site Truth Social that he “assumes” he’ll be indicted in the coming days over his effort to overturn the election and the resulting attack on the Capitol by his supporters. But the partial win was welcomed by his legal adviser.

“The court made it clear that it is well within the president’s discretion to address the integrity of our...

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