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The NAACP lawsuit against Trump is delayed after someone named ‘Ricky’ took the paperwork
Saul Loeb / Getty In February, ‘Ricky’ signed for a federal lawsuit filed against former President Trump and then disappeared. Since then, people in both Trump’s camp and the team have forced the case on behalf of the Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi. their heads about who exactly the mysterious “Ricky” is and why he accepted office for the former president. Over the past few weeks, typical expert sources from both sides have responded to The Daily Beast’s queries with their own questions, such as “Who the hell is Ricky?” and “Do you know who Ricky is?” Now the ‘Ricky’ – just ‘Ricky’, none of them mentioned – has been uncovered in federal court where Trump’s lawyer Jesse Binnall asked the judge for more time to respond to Thompson’s lawsuit. part following the difficulties of identifying the unknown signatory. In a motion filed late Thursday night, Binnall wrote that a “Ricky” apparently signed for a lawsuit sent to Trump – and then this person has not yet delivered the papers to the twice-accused former president not. ‘served mr. Trump on February 23, 2021 by certified mail. The package was signed by an unknown person who was only identified as “Ricky”, according to the court evidence. Binnall also states, “Mr. Trump disputes whether the service was legally effective. ” A return of the receipt of the service filed in early March shows that someone named ‘Ricky’ reportedly signed for the documents at Trump’s private club of Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Binnall also said his client’s position that the service was potentially hampered was a major problem because the parties decided to concentrate on the substantive disputes and agreed to extend the time for Mr. Trump to respond to the complaint, including April 26, 2021. “Judge Amit Mehta and attorneys for Democratic Representative Thompson agree with the Trump team’s request for a postponement and the former president now has until April 26 to ‘. submit an answer to the case. Binnall declined to comment on The Daily. Beast told Monday night about this story. Florida law allows litigation to be served by certified mail when directed at defendants. The case of Thompson, filed on his behalf by NAACP attorneys, accuses Trump, attorney and former president. The mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, and the far-right Oath Keepers militia and Proud Boys of violating the centuries-old Klan law by allegedly conspiring to interfere with civil rights by preventing congressional officials from doing their duty to Joe To confirm Biden’s victory at the Electoral College on January 6th. Thompson argues that Trump, Giuliani’s offensive rhetoric about a ‘stolen’ election, and the involvement of members of Oath Keeper and Proud Boys in the January 6 riot amounted to a conspiracy to deprive Americans of their civil rights. Despite Trump and Republicans’ months-long, conspiracy theory-fueled crusade to overthrow the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, Biden clearly and decisively defeated the current president of the GOP in the Electoral College and the vote count. Eric Swalwell, California representative. Trump and Giuliani, who married Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. and designated Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) as additional defendants, filed a similar case. Those who have defended Trump and who have defended him in the recent past have already legally prescribed. and public relations strategies based on free speech. Alan Dershowitz, a member of the Trump legal defense during the first president of the former indictment, told The Daily Beast earlier that although ‘no one [on the Trump team] still issued me ”about this lawsuit, Dershowitz believes that the former president’s rhetoric during his speech on January 6 in DC“ is protected by the first amendment ”and“ I would hope that the ACLU would accept a case like this. Read more at The Daily Beast. Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now! Daily membership of the beast: Beast Inside goes deeper into the stories that matter to you. Learn more.