. Despite evidence to the contrary, the suit says, the men portrayed the election as stolen while Trump “endorsed rather than discouraged” threats of violence from his angry supporters in the weeks leading up to the assault on the Capitol.“The carefully orchestrated series of events that unfolded at the Save America rally and the storming of the Capitol was no accident or coincidence,” the suit says.
“Inciting a riot, or attempting to interfere with the congressional efforts to ratify the results of the election that are commended by the Constitution, could not conceivably be within the scope of ordinary responsibilities of the president,” Joseph Sellers, a Washington lawyer who along with the NAACP filed the lawsuit on Thompson’s behalf, said in an interview.“In this respect, because of his conduct, he is just like any other private citizen,” Sellers said.
The case against Trump was brought under a provision of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which was passed in response to KKK violence and prohibits violence or intimidation meant to prevent Congress or other federal officials from carrying out their constitutional duties.
June 24th 1982, the SCOTUS rules presidents can't be sued for actions in office.
He hopes to spend the rest of his life in his HAPPY PLACE COURT - NOT PRISON
Once again, more air time for this congressman and no evidence. . . Waste of time
Good luck chump
Move on people !!!..no time for spending more taxpayers money.. go back to work for the people
Sooooo is the naacp suing antifa? BLM?
Excuse me, when will we be left alone? The NOT the office of Melanie trump has lots of work to do... like braiding hair, recreating fashion. Important stuff.
Do it!!
Good
Trump & Klan incited a domestic terrorism attack at Capitol Jan 6, 2021 to overthrow an election 🛑5 dead (1 cop) 🛑3 suicides (2 cops) 🛑140 police officers injured The radicalization of white working - middle class by psychops targeted propaganda lies on the internet
lies are about keeping control.. exposeHATE4PROFIT time to DefundFASCISTS BANKRUPTtheTRUMPS and ALL who supported them. Accountability is key in 2021!!
Everyone knew this was coming. I’m here for the discovery results.
Loosers!
It’s reassuring to hear there are some in Congress with the courage to hold the Trump cult accountable for it’s crimes.
Time to reunite your country USA. This will go nowhere & just cause more divide. Move on!
Fine, hope they are prepared for a counter suite that they will have to pay for.
Trump needs to counter suit and make the haters pay for harassment
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Maybe everyone who lost businesses and home during the insurrections across the country last summer should sue any politician who made statements supportive of the insurgents.
The lawsuit should include all members of the GOP that enabled tRump as well.
Interesting. The civil burden of proof is much lower. And given the Senate’s bi-partisan 57% conviction in a political arena, this could be financially devastating if the Palsgraf train left from Trump & Rudy’s station.
_Politics Good for him I'm waiting for families of the 7 who died to sue for wrongful death & Class action for Clovid deaths for Dereliction of Duty Depraved Indiffetence & Criminal Negligence Trump loves litigation- bring it on
Alright I knew there were still American leaders with some ball$
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Memes getting around the moment. Charles Manson never killed anyone but was Charged with murder. Osama bin Laden never flew the planes.😑
Good..Trump cant get away with what he and others done.
Sad day for democracy when lawyers are added to the purge.
darionavarro111 Sue the sonofabitch straight to hell
🤣 Congress can not formulate a proper bill. Much less a lawsuit that can actually win.
Double Jeopardy
hokiebrat It's BennieGThompson from Mississippi. 👊
Taking McConnell's suggestion from that little speech after voting not guilty. Good for him! We should all do that!
The witness list is going to be HUUUUUUUUGGGGGGE!
don't forget to add convicted felon roger stone to the list!
Think of the people who lost businesses during the rioting, burning and looting in the summer of 2020. I can think of a group who will be their target
Will be interesting to hear G explain how ‘trial by combat’ actually means ‘protest peacefully’
Trump 2024
Makes me sick that he’s gotten away with all he’s done because of Republican Pride what a joke. Glad to know the values of right and wrong doesn’t matter where it should the most! I think since it’s been a long time and times are different we need to change laws to fit the times!
Good hopefully many more lawsuits will be coming....
Good. They all should sue.
Such an attention seaking ploy! Give it up!!!
They can file some kind of civil suit where they sue for money rather than prison time. I’m not a lawyer so my terminology may be incorrect but I’ve heard of it being done!!!!
I hope he lumps in their Don Jr as well
Anything but working for the people
Anyone who backed BLM should be sued.
The taxpayers should be allowed to sue also. At least 81 million of us.
Such a stupid waste of time
**GRANDSTANDING** 🙄
That should open up the door for Kammi to be sued after posting bail for criminals arrested this past summer during the blm rallies
Loser
Is this a class action suit? Can I be part of the Plaintiff's case?
We must not let them win! Fascism must be persecuted continuously, non stop, until it’s completely unrooted
Arrest every single traitor! Arrest them NOW! The country will not rest until then
Thank you Representative BennieGThompson🇺🇸 For protecting the United States Government🇺🇸 Constitution🔔and country🗽
What about unity, you 2 faced dims, Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Well, that is what LeaderMcConnell said needed to happen since there were so few members of SenateGOP who still had their spines intact
FerrisNed Yes, keep the lawsuits coming✅
It's about time!
no_itsmyturn its gonna be trump 3 dems 0, when it gets tossed out of court
AMEN!
Trump should be suing the Democrats
And his STANDING is Or his DAMAGES would be
Hopefully he FINALLY has to step up and be a man and accept responsibility for his actions and causation of such.
O good lord get over it y'all got more important things to take care of....
no_itsmyturn So the headlines will remain about Trump for the next 4 years ?
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Ok, BUT, in a suit, it opens witnesses again and SpeakerPelosi will be called again, she avoided the last attempt when they changed their mind but now what? But, ok, sure, let's see if she shows up.
KimZetter Get in line for the money. It won’t last long.
BLM and Antifa need to be sued for the riots and incitement induced and carried out over the summer in multiple places too! Two sides to every story!
Hey everyone! I’m a nobody. Look at me.
How does this work?
Keep you all distracted while new world order goes full steam ahead by the global elites to take down humanity. 🇬🇧
This is great. It is beginning thanks to this Congressman. I hope other lawmakers join the cause. Trump put their lives in danger for his personal gain. We need to supply moral support.
Right on
He better be paying 100% out of his own pocket.......
Add Ginni Thomas (wife of Clarence) to that lawsuit. Her organization paid for busses.
DonaldJTrumpJr and the other GOP Trump supporters that worked their constituents into a frenzy need to be held accountable.
Can USA make it class action? Trump & company endangered all USA residents; good to know, BJ are impeachable offenses, death & domestic terrorism is not
I am glad someone did it. 👍🏼
If Trump was guilty of it,he would have sovereign immunity. If you don't like it you can thank senator warren for the defense.
Litigation is simply a continuation of political intercourse, with the addition of other means (with apologies to Clausewitz).
Impossible.
Make it a class action !
Good for him!
JonLemire Now u will get witnesses good More people need to do this in billions
That's great news cause Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani are guilty of the insurrection
Lol
jillrbyrne Meaningless.
Suits should include every politician and head of medias who pushed lies about fraud in the election, about covid, about previous impeachment, about campaign links with Russian authorities and oligarchs. Everything is linked, from sabotage to trying to install an autocrat.
Thank you
More bullshit
Perfect!
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Good
Good!
Holy shit Trump is such a con artist he convinced all these Democratic politicians to let him live rent-free in their heads
Good, and we need more of these !
TY congressman, u just opened the door for lawsuits against other politicians. I list my job because of Biden and Democrats idiotic polices. now I can sue people like u for your actions that cause me pain abs suffering. THANK YOU!!! Get ready to go broke on lawyer fees!!!
I think it might be time to require IQ tests before politicians can run for office
Hopefully the first of many.
Law and Order! Let's do this
I'm not a Donald Trump supporter... but come on... you wanted him out of office... he is out of office... he couldn't get elected dog catcher if he ran... enough with the fixation on Trump.... leave him alone... just remember... what goes around comes around.
So, the objective is to waste more TAXPAYER MONEY and file another lawsuit. Since this is a Democrat calling for this, my question is where is the stimulus package for the American people? Took the House, the Senate and the presidency, what's the excuse now?
In other news - lawsuit gets dismissed after moron files for media attention
BennieGThompson sue this bro
Good
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