A federal lawsuit alleging that former President Donald Trump, his lawyer and extremist extremists conspired at the US Capitol to deprive Americans of their civil rights by disrupting the count of Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College with the January 6 riots , expands this week. .
Attorneys from the NAACP, who heard the case earlier this year on behalf of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) instituted on Wednesday will file an amended complaint adding ten new plaintiffs, two people familiar with the matter. The new plaintiffs will include other members of Congress, and the amended charge allegedly contained additional information about the January 6 fatal riot in Washington, DC, which then accused President Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani of containing the incitement , include. added.
The addition of new plaintiffs was first report by The New York Times on Tuesday.
Thompson’s case, originally filed in February, accuses Trump of violating the more than century-old Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, making it a federal crime to conspire to oust officials. prevent them from holding office and perform their official duties.
Thompson cites the far-right groups the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys as accused along with alleged accomplices along with Trump.
Trump has appointed Jesse Binnall, a veteran of his campaign’s legal team, and former defense attorney General Mike Flynn’s national security adviser to represent him in the case.
The expansion of the Thompson case comes as Trump’s legal problems increase after the presidency, although his party and the Conservative movement are trying as quickly as possible to continue the riots and deaths caused on January 6.
Two Capitol police officers, James Blassingame and James Hemby, filed a federal lawsuit against Trump in late March over injuries due to their service at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The two officers, both more than a decade-long veterans of the Capitol Police, claim Trump “ignited, encouraged, incited, targeted, targeted the” insurgent mass “that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 and caused both men injuries. and support “.
Blassingame says he had headaches and backaches as well as depression as a result of his service during the attack, and Hemby says he is under the care of an orthopedist. for injuries to his head and back by rioters.
Trump has yet to respond to the case or identify a lawyer who will represent him in the case.
The former president is also facing a lawsuit from Rep Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who accused Trump, his son Don Jr., and Rep Mo Brooks (R-AL) of a conspiracy against civil rights by to provoke allegation. the riot on 6 January.
All of the cases are part of a growing parade of criminal investigations and lawsuits filed over various issues that toppled Trump, his family, his business empire and his relatives in the months following the end of his presidency. In the past few weeks, the former president has privately taken it upon himself to investigate his enemies and sue me one day for the rest of my life. ‘