Trump, Giuliani Sued by House Democrat Over Capitol Riot (3)

A Democratic member of Congress sued former President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, claiming they conspired to incite the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in violation of a law enacted to combat the Ku Klux Klan.

Working with the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, Trump and Giuliani “acted in concert to incite and then carry out” the Capitol insurrection, according to a complaint by Representative Bennie G. Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat. Though he sued in an individual capacity, Thompson chairs the House Homeland Security committee and has already held hearings on the Capitol attack.

Bennie G. Thompson

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