Washington:
Seven US Capitol Police officers filed suit against former president Donald Trump and members of appropriate-wing extremist groups on Thursday, accusing them of becoming straight accountable for the January 6 attack on Congress.
The lawsuit is one of various that have been filed against Trump more than the try by thousands of his supporters to avoid the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s November 2020 presidential election victory.
The most recent suit was filed in US District Court in Washington by The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights on behalf of seven Capitol Police officers who battled Trump loyalists at the Capitol.
Among these named in the lawsuit are Trump, the Trump Campaign, Trump associate Roger Stone and members of appropriate-wing extremist groups the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters.
The suit alleges they engaged in an “unlawful effort to use force, intimidation, and threats to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 Presidential election.”
“Because of Defendants’ unlawful actions, Plaintiffs were violently assaulted, spat on, tear-gassed, bear-sprayed, subjected to racial slurs and epithets, and put in fear for their lives,” the complaint mentioned. Five of the police officers filing suit are Black.
Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee, mentioned the January 6 attack “was a blatant attempt to stifle the votes and voices of millions of Americans, particularly Black voters.”
“For months after the 2020 election had been officially called, former president Trump and his associates made coordinated and systematic attempts to lodge their false claims of election fraud,” Hewitt mentioned.
“The lies of this conspiracy intentionally energized white supremacists and violent extremist groups and actively encouraged them to coordinate the violent attack on the Capitol.”
Trump has also been targeted in lawsuits filed by Democratic lawmakers more than the January 6 attack and a House Select Committee has opened an inquiry into the assault on Congress.
The pick committee issued a sweeping request on Wednesday to the National Archives and seven government agencies for records associated to the attack, which includes communications from Trump, members of his family, his prime aides and dozens of other former members of his administration.
Trump has regularly refused to acknowledge his defeat to Biden and continues to make unfounded claims that he won the election.
The true estate mogul was impeached by the Democratic-controlled House in January for inciting insurrection but was acquitted by the Senate.
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