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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.
