Swalwell Sues Trump, Junior, Brooks, Giuliani Over Riot

CNN reports:

Former House impeachment manager Eric Swalwell has sued former President Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Republican Rep. Mo Brooks in a second major lawsuit seeking to hold Trump and his allies accountable for inciting the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6.

The new lawsuit filed on Friday by Swalwell follows a similar suit filed last month by Rep. Bennie Thompson against Trump, Giuliani and the extremist groups the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. Swalwell’s case makes some of the same claims as Thompson’s — citing a civil rights law meant to counter the Ku Klux Klan’s intimidation of elected officials.

But it also alleges Trump, Trump Jr., Giuliani and Brooks broke Washington, DC, laws, including an anti-terrorism act, by inciting the riot, and that they aided and abetted violent rioters and inflicted emotional distress on the members of Congress.

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Just filed! Rep. Eric Swalwell sues Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Rudy Giuliani, and Rep. Mo Brooks over inciting the Capitol riot. It’s the second major insurrection lawsuit https://t.co/UTCg56tBsD

— Katelyn Polantz (@kpolantz) March 5, 2021