Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Trump, Giuliani Over Riot at US Capitol - Reports
US House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson has filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and lawyer Rudy Giuliani over alleged conspiracy to incite riots on January 6, CNN reported on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th February, 2021) US House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson has filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and lawyer Rudy Giuliani over alleged conspiracy to incite riots on January 6, CNN reported on Tuesday.
The lawsuit, citing a post-Civil War law aimed at to countering violence by the Ku Klux Klan, accuses Trump and Giuliani of conspiring with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to initiate a riot at the US Capitol, the report said.