Jan 6 Committee's intel could be used to sue TFG into oblivion-even if he isn't criminally charged

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I personally believe that there is enough evidence to bring charges against and convict TFG. This was a planned coup and there is some great evidence showing the TFG knew or should have known that the election was valid. I also believe that TFG will not dare to go to trial on a well pled federal case. If nothing else, TFG has alienated the top tier defense firm and is currently being represented by shopping center lawyers who are weak

I have worked on a number of plaintiff case over my career and have even argued several summary judgments. The evidence being produced by the Jan. 6 committee is compelling. TFG is being sued under the KKK Act in four or five cases and the evidence that the Jan 6 committee has available would kill TFG in these civil cases

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https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-committee-s-intel-could-be-used-to-sue-trump-into-oblivion-even-if-he-isn-t-charged-with-a-crime-report/

On Wednesday, The Daily Beast reported that even if President Donald Trump is never indicted or convicted over the revelations from the January 6 Committee, it could still provide fodder for civil liability that could be used to bankrupt the former president under a mountain of litigation.

"While it’s doubtful the hearings will meet the sky-high expectations of those who believed the committee would expose open-and-shut wrongdoing from some of the nation’s top officials, the prime-time hearings will deliver one thing: evidence for many of the lawsuits seeking to make former President Donald Trump and other election denialists actually pay for the violence," reported Jose Pagliery. "'What the committee can't do is hold people accountable. But that’s where criminal prosecutions and civil litigation comes in,' said Edward G. Caspar, an attorney representing injured and traumatized Capitol Police officers who are suing Trump after the violence insurrection."

As the report noted, the committee will be revealing a treasure trove of information for anyone who wants to pursue Trump civilly.

"According to the panel, it has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and collected at least 140,000 documents, obtained through subpoenas and delivered under oath," said the report. "Attorneys working on cases against Trump are already considering how to get that evidence — in some cases, videos or interview transcripts — into a form that’s admissible in court for their cases. Luckily for those attorneys, the witnesses who spoke to the committee were already under oath when they testified."

"One of the attorneys on [Congressman Eric] Swalwell’s legal team, Phil Andonian, thinks new evidence might persuade the judge that there’s a strong enough case that the Republican congressman bore some responsibility for the damage at the Capitol," said the report. "It was already known that Brooks, a Trump loyalist who peddled all kinds of disproven voter fraud claims, wore a bulletproof vest on the morning of Jan. 6 when he told riled up protesters near the White House that their ancestors had 'sacrificed their blood… and sometimes their lives.'"

This are torts that may be discharged in Bankruptcy and there may be a remedy available under the KKK Act to ban TFG from holding future federal office

I am going to enjoye these civil cases

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Trump may (literally) have to pay for his election lies

TFG is already being sued under KKK Act and there will even more lawsuits based on Jan. 6 Committee disclosures

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https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-jan-6-hearings-civil-lawsuits-rcna33261?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

Various groups have already sued Trump over his role in the Jan. 6 attack. Those include lawsuits from several Capitol and D.C. police officers who claim he’s responsible for injuries they suffered fending off the Jan. 6 mob, and multiple members of Congress who say Trump conspired to incite violence at the Capitol that day.

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine is investigating the Jan. 6 attack and has filed a civil suit seeking damages from members of extremist groups — such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers — accused of participating in the riot. Multiple members of both groups have been charged with seditious conspiracy for their roles in the attack. If the committee continues to provide evidence Trump was responsible for the attack, it seems increasingly likely he’ll be added as a defendant in the D.C. lawsuit.

On top of that, Trump is also facing a lawsuit filed by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which claims his campaign’s effort to discard 2020 votes in cities with large Black populations was illegal.

And yet-to-be-named civil suits could be on the horizon if people targeted by Trump’s election lies look to sue in light of the committee’s findings. That could include anyone from the Fulton County, Georgia, election workers who faced death threats after Trump spread lies about criminality in their office, to Dominion Voting Systems, the company that’s faced baseless allegations of election fraud from Trump and his campaign officials.

We’re still early in the Jan. 6 committee hearings, but one thing seems abundantly clear: Trump needn’t only worry about his exposure to criminal charges. Civil cases stemming from his election defeat could devastate him, as well.

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