A federal lawsuit claims that former President Donald Trump, his lawyer and far-right US Chapter conspirators conspired to deprive Americans of their civil rights by disrupting Joe Biden’s electoral college victory in the wake of the uprising. January. .
NAACP lawyers, who brought the trial earlier this year, on behalf of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) is set to file an amended complaint on Wednesday, adding 10 new applicants, two people familiar with the matter. The new plaintiffs will include other members of Congress, and the amended complaint would include additional information about the deadly January 6 riot in Washington, DC, which then-President Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani are accused of inciting, sources said.
The addition of new applicants was the first reported of New York Times Tuesday.
Thompson’s trial, originally filed in February, accuses Trump of violating the Ku Klux Klan law of 1871 for more than a century, making it a federal crime to “conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation or threat.” officials to hold office or perform their official duties.
Thompson named far-right groups Oath Keepers and Proud Boys as defendants and alleged co-conspirators alongside Trump.
Trump has appointed Jesse Binnall, a veteran of his campaign’s legal team, and the defense team of former National Security Adviser General Mike Flynn to represent him in the process.
The expansion of the Thompson trial comes as Trump’s post-presidential legal issues rise even as his party and the conservative movement have tried to get through the riot and January 6 deaths caused by the insurgency as quickly as they can.
Two Capitol Police officers, James Blassingame and James Hemby, filed a federal lawsuit against Trump in late March for injuries resulting from their service in the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The two officers, both veterans of the Capitol Police for more than a decade, claim that Trump “inflamed, encouraged, incited, led, helped and encouraged” the “insurrectionary mob” that attacked the Chapter on January 6 and provoked injuring both men.
Blassingame says he suffered headaches and back pain as well as bouts of depression as a result of his service during the attack, and Hemby says he is in the care of an orthopedist. for head and back injuries by outrages.
Trump has not yet responded to the lawsuit or identified a lawyer to represent him in the lawsuit.
The former president is also facing trial by Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who has accused Trump, his son Don Jr. and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) of engaging in an anti-rights conspiracy. civilians through the alleged incitement of the January 6 uprising.
All trials are part of a growing parade of criminal investigations and lawsuits on a variety of issues that have haunted Trump, his family, his business empire and his loved ones in the months leading up to the presidency. its. In recent weeks, the former president has privately understood that his enemies will investigate and “sue me for the rest of my life.”