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Trump is being sued for Incitement of Riots on January 6, 2021 by the ALCU, 10 Democratic members of congress and Numerous Capital Police Officers

Legal pressure on citizen Trump is escalating as two Capitol Hill police officers are now suing the former president, alleging he incited the January 6 insurrection. This is the third civil lawsuit of its kind. Meanwhile in New York, the D.A. has subpoenaed the Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg’s personal bank records. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber explains the latest updates in the cases, plus reports on the new defamation suit against the former president and a court’s decision to void the Trump campaign’s NDAs.

 

Seven U.S. Capitol Police officers sued former president Donald Trump and more than a dozen alleged participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, saying the defendants are responsible for the officers being “violently assaulted, spat on, tear-gassed, bear-sprayed, subjected to racial slurs and epithets, and put in fear for their lives.”

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, alleges that Trump, by falsely claiming the presidential election was rigged, incited a mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol in an effort to stop Congress from confirming President Biden’s victory.

The complaint describes an array of abuse endured by the seven officers, who collectively “have dedicated more than 150 years” to protecting Congress “so that it can carry out its constitutional responsibilities safely and openly.”

The lawsuit lists the officers as Conrad Smith, Danny McElroy, Byron Evans, Governor Latson, Melissa Marshall, Michael Fortune and Jason DeRoche. In addition to alleging civil rights violations under Ku Klux Klan Act, the complaint includes civil counts of battery and assault against the officers, several of whom are Black.

For several hours, “while inhaling a smog of chemical pollutants and sustaining burns from those chemicals,” according to the lawsuit, Fortune “helped clear the Capitol of remaining attackers, search for any hidden improvised explosive devices, and carry injured officers to a triage center for medical treatment.”

The lawsuits does not seek a specific monetary award but asks for compensatory and punitive damages “in an amount to be determined by the jury at trust.”

 

Two Capitol police officers have filed lawsuits against former President Trump for injuries during the January 6th mob riot. Both officers claim they were emotionally and physically injured during the riot.

 

NAACP files lawsuit against Trump over role in Capitol riot

The NAACP is suing former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers in connection with the assault on the U.S. Capitol. The suit claims they violated the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act by inciting the riot. NAACP President Derrick Johnson and Congressman Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi who is the named plaintiff in the case, joined CBSN to talk about what they hope to accomplish with this suit.

 

Rep. Swalwell Files Lawsuit Against Trump and Allies For Inciting Capitol Riot

 

Three more Capitol Police Officers have sued Donald Trump to seek financial damages for the emotional and physical toll they endured during January 6.

 

More Capitol police officers have filed lawsuits against the former president accusing him of playing a critical role in the attack.

 

Trump Loses In Court: Judge Strikes Down Campaign Non-disclosure agreements

Attorney David Bowles joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the class action lawsuit to “unwind” the Trump campaign NDAs, which a judge ruled are invalid and “harmful to the public.”

Attorney Bowles discusses how Trump used “boilerplate” NDAs from his business which were so badly written & non-specific that a judge stated “you could drive a mack truck through them”.

It’s therefore possible every NDA signed by people hired in his administration are invalid.

 

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Per the above article, “Ten more Democratic members of Congress on Wednesday joined a federal lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump, his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and several right-wing extremist groups of conspiring to incite the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol complex riot.

The suit, first filed by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and the NAACP, accuses the defendants of violating a federal law by sparking the violence with the goal of preventing Congress from confirming the election of President Joe Biden. The cited law, the Ku Klux Klan Act, was first used in the late 1800s to target the racist KKK for its violence against Black Americans and its intimidation of members of Congress from the South.

In addition to Trump and Giuliani, the suit names extremist groups the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys, and Warboys as defendants.

The House members who joined the suit are: California representatives Karen Bass, Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters; Steve Cohen of Tennessee; Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey; Veronica Escobar of Texas; Hank Johnson Jr. of Georgia; Marcy Kaptur of Ohio; Jerry Nadler of New York; and Pramila Jayapal of Washington state.

An amended version of the lawsuit adding the new House members as plaintiffs, and making additional allegations, was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. It seeks a declaratory judgment that the defendants violated the law through their conduct, an injunction against similar actions in the future and unspecified financial damages”.

 

Capitol Police Officers delivers emotional and damning testimony to Congressional Committee about January 6 MAGA Riots

 

LAWLESS, SCUM OF THE EARTH REPUBLICANS & RIGHT WING MEDIA OUTLETS RIDICULE CAPITAL POLICE OFFICERS

Republicans & Right Wing media figures at Fox & Newsmax who claim to be “pro-police” prove to be LAWLESS SCUM OF THE EARTH by ridiculing and laughing at police officers who testified about the abuse they suffered on the first day of the House panel investigation into the January 6, 2021 Insurrections & Riots instigated by TRUMP to achieve to COUP to stay in power against the will of the people.

 

‘Rotten’: Fox News Mocks Emotional Capitol Police Testimony As ‘Theatrics’

Republicans are facing the heat as the stark testimony of several Capitol Police officers about the riot on January 6th sinks in across the nation. MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by former RNC chair Michael Steele, Mother Jones’ David Corn and OZY Media’s Katty Kay to discuss the GOP’s response to the testimony and the fear behind the GOP façade.

 

Trump Loyalists Ignore Damning Testimony From Capitol Police

Responding to the first hearing from the Jan. 6 Select Committee on FOX News, both Jim Jordan and Elise Stefanik completely ignored the emotional and damning testimony given by officers who faced off against the pro-Trump mob.

 

Trump Viciously Smears Capitol Police Who Fought Capitol Insurrectionists

Donald Trump is reportedly furious with the Capitol Police officers who testified before the Select Committee this past week, and he decided that the only way he could deal with his anger would be to viciously smear them with slurs. This is a clear sign of desperation, not just from Trump but from all the Republicans who are trying to attack the police officers

 

Tucker Carlson Attacks Black Capitol Police Officer Ahead of Testimony

Mark Zaid, attorney for Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, responds to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson’s attack on Dunn and speaks to how these kind of statements revive the pain for Capitol Police officers. Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele joins in the conversation.

 

Capitol Officer Gets Threatening Voicemail After Testimony

‘This is what happens to people that tell the truth in Trump’s America’ — Metropolitan Officer Michael Fanone shared a horrifying voicemail he received while testifying before members of Congress on Tuesday (warning: distressing).

 

 

 


 

 

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