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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCapitol Police Officers Sue Trump and Allies Over Election Lies and Jan. 6
The suit, which took a broad view of the riots origins, was the latest effort to hold former President Donald J. Trump accountable for the Capitol attack.
A group of seven Capitol Police officers filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing former President Donald J. Trump and nearly 20 members of far-right extremist groups and political organizations of a plot to disrupt the peaceful transition of power during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.
The suit, which implicated members of the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers militia and Trump associates like Roger J. Stone Jr., was arguably the most expansive civil effort to date seeking to hold Mr. Trump and his allies legally accountable for the storming of the Capitol.
While three other similar lawsuits were filed in recent months, the suit on Thursday was the first to allege that Mr. Trump worked in concert with both far-right extremists and political organizers promoting his baseless lies that the presidential election was marred by fraud.
This is probably the most comprehensive account of Jan. 6 in terms of civil cases, said Edward Caspar, a lawyer who is leading the suit for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. It spans from the former president to militants around him to his campaign supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/us/politics/capitol-police-jan-6-riot-lawsuit.html
A group of seven Capitol Police officers filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing former President Donald J. Trump and nearly 20 members of far-right extremist groups and political organizations of a plot to disrupt the peaceful transition of power during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.
The suit, which implicated members of the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers militia and Trump associates like Roger J. Stone Jr., was arguably the most expansive civil effort to date seeking to hold Mr. Trump and his allies legally accountable for the storming of the Capitol.
While three other similar lawsuits were filed in recent months, the suit on Thursday was the first to allege that Mr. Trump worked in concert with both far-right extremists and political organizers promoting his baseless lies that the presidential election was marred by fraud.
This is probably the most comprehensive account of Jan. 6 in terms of civil cases, said Edward Caspar, a lawyer who is leading the suit for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. It spans from the former president to militants around him to his campaign supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/us/politics/capitol-police-jan-6-riot-lawsuit.html
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Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump and Allies Over Election Lies and Jan. 6 (Original Post)
demmiblue
Aug 2021
OP
If nothing else, it will out the evidence, because evidence becomes public.
lindysalsagal
Aug 2021
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blogslug
(38,016 posts)1. Kick
Scott MacFarlane as a detailed Twitter thread about the suit. It's long and I am not going to copy/paste all the text here, sorry.
Link to tweet
lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)2. If nothing else, it will out the evidence, because evidence becomes public.
This is us taking our country back and ending the lie.
BSdetect
(8,999 posts)3. Hope they don't have to depend on SCOTUS for any decisions.
Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)4. This will turn the Trump lovers
against all police. That will be a very bad move for them.
Harker
(14,034 posts)5. Without the "blue lives matter" rejoinder...
they'll be mute on respect for law enforcement officers.
KS Toronado
(17,316 posts)6. I'm guessing they'll be working closely with the Jan 6th House Committee
2 heads are better than one.