Democratic Congressman Sues Trump Over Role In Capitol Riot
Although Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a Democratic congressman is not letting him off that easy. According to The Guardian, Mississippi congressman Bennie Thompson filed a lawsuit, alleging Trump incited the deadly insurrection.
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The suit claims that the former President and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani conspired with members of far-right extremist groups to try to prevent the Senate from certifying the presidential election results. The Washington federal court lawsuit is part of an expected wave of litigation over the riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress. It seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages.
“The carefully orchestrated series of events that unfolded at the Save America rally and the storming of the Capitol was no accident or coincidence,” the suit says. “It was the intended and foreseeable culmination of a carefully coordinated campaign to interfere with the legal process required to confirm the tally of votes cast in the Electoral College.”
Lawyers for Trump have previously denied that he incited the riot. so far, neither Trump or Giuliani’s advisors have commented on this latest lawsuit.
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