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https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/16/naacp-sues-trump-and-giuliani/NAACP Sues Trump and Giuliani
February 16, 2021 at 10:24 am EST By Taegan Goddard
The NAACP on Tuesday morning filed a federal lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, claiming that they violated a 19th century statute when they tried to prevent the certification of the election on Jan. 6, the New York Times reports.
The civil rights organization brought the suit on behalf of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS). Other Democrats in Congress including Reps. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) are expected to join as plaintiffs in the coming weeks.
Politico: The lawsuit, filed Tuesday morning in Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that Trump and Giuliani, in collaboration with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, conspired to incite the riots to keep Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election. It claims they did so in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act, a Reconstruction-era statute designed to protect both formerly enslaved African Americans and lawmakers in Congress from white supremacist violence.
The civil rights organization brought the suit on behalf of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS). Other Democrats in Congress including Reps. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) are expected to join as plaintiffs in the coming weeks.
Politico: The lawsuit, filed Tuesday morning in Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges that Trump and Giuliani, in collaboration with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, conspired to incite the riots to keep Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election. It claims they did so in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act, a Reconstruction-era statute designed to protect both formerly enslaved African Americans and lawmakers in Congress from white supremacist violence.
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NAACP Sues Trump and Giuliani (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2021
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Faux pas
(14,667 posts)1. Kickin' With Gusto!
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,715 posts)2. Kicking with a smile and a prayer...nt
Rorey
(8,445 posts)3. Keep those lawsuits coming! NT
Oldem
(833 posts)4. Hitting them with a KKK law. I love it, because
these people don't mess around; they have crack lawyers, and they win cases. How appropriate it is to sue these slime-balls for breaking a law based on bigotry.
FSogol
(45,476 posts)5. The first of many!
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)6. K&R