Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson sues Donald Trump over role in U.S. Capitol riot

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Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson sues Donald Trump over role in U.S. Capitol riot

2/16/21
WASHINGTON — A Democratic congressman accused Donald Trump in a federal lawsuit on Tuesday of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and of conspiring with his lawyer and extremist groups to try to prevent the Senate from certifying the results of the presidential election he lost to Joe Biden. The lawsuit from Mississippi's Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is part of an expected wave of litigation over the Jan. 6 riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress. It seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages. The case also names as defendants the Republican former president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and groups including the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, extremist organizations that had members charged by the Justice Department with taking part in the siege. Even some Republicans who voted to acquit Trump on Saturday acknowledged that the more proper venue to deal with Trump was in the courts, especially now that he has left the White House and lost certain legal protections that shielded him as president.

Each elected official, staff member, and civilian contractor who was working in the Capitol on 1/6 should file a lawsuit against Donald Trump for Reckless Endangerment and violating the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.

The lawsuits should demand compensatory and punitive damages.

 

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