On January 6, 2021, supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump protested in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.
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- Seven U.S. Congress police are suing former President Donald Trump, accusing him of conspiring with far-right extremists to provoke an attack on Congress.
- They claimed that the attack was the culmination of months of Trump’s remarks.
- This is the latest civil lawsuit that hopes to hold Trump accountable for the siege.
On Thursday, seven U.S. Capitol Police sued former President Donald Trump, accusing him of conspiring with extreme right-wing extremist organizations to provoke a deadly attack on Congress on January 6.
Officials in the federal court in Washington, DC said that the attack was the culmination of Trump’s months of rhetoric. They said Trump knew about the possibility of violence and actively encouraged it, hoping to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. .
The lawsuit accuses Trump of conspiring with extremist organizations “Proud Boy” and “The Oathmaker” and far-right political agents including Roger Stone and Ali Alexander, who promoted near the White House before the Capitol attack Trump’s speech.
The lawsuit alleges:
Trump, along with other defendants, deliberately and continuously made and encouraged false allegations of election fraud to discredit the election results and hypocritically incited the anger of his supporters.
This case is the latest in a series of civil lawsuits designed to hold Trump accountable for the siege of the Capitol by a mob of his supporters.
Four people died on the day of the violence. One of them was shot and killed by the police, and the other three died of natural causes. A congressional police officer who was attacked by protesters died the next day.
Four policemen who were involved in defending the Capitol later committed suicide. More than one hundred policemen were injured.
Trump’s personal lawyer Ron Fischetti did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a similar lawsuit filed by U.S. Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell (Eric Swalwell), Trump argued that his actions were freedom of speech protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. According to U.S. civil law, He cannot be held responsible because he was acting within the presidency on January 6.
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