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Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, a former House impeachment manager, on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against former President Donald Trump …
Subscriber Account active since Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, a former House impeachment manager, on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and a number of his close allies — Donald Trump Jr., Rudolph W. Giuliani, and GOP Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama — over the Capitol attack. The suit accuses Trump and his allies of « incitement to riot, » and alleges that they violated an anti-terrorism act in Washington, DC, among other charges. « As a direct and foreseeable consequence of the Defendants’ false and incendiary allegations of fraud and theft, and in direct response to the Defendants’ express calls for violence at the rally, a violent mob attacked the US Capitol, » the suit stated. « Many participants in the attack have since revealed that they were acting on what they believed to be former president Trump’s orders in service of their country. » « The horrific events of January 6 were a direct and foreseeable consequence of the Defendants’ unlawful actions. As such, the Defendants are responsible for the injury and destruction that followed, » the suit went on to say.
