Within days of former President Donald Trump’s acquittal in his impeachment trial, House Democrats moved to “Plan B” in their efforts to punish him, suing him in federal court under the “Ku Klux Klan Act.”
The lawsuit, filed by the NAACP and civil rights law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, accuses Trump of conspiring with racist hate groups to plan an attack on the United States Capitol in a scheme to stop the counting of Electoral College votes.
U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-MS,) Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), are joining the suit as additional plaintiffs after impeaching Trump but failing to disqualify him from running for future federal office.
“The lawsuit alleges that, by preventing Congress from carrying out its official duties, Trump, Giuliani and the hate groups directly violated the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act,” the NAACP states.
“The lawsuit alleges that Trump and Giuliani violated 42 U.S.C. 1985(1), often referred to as the Ku Klux Klan Act, which was passed in 1871 in response to KKK violence and intimidation preventing Members of Congress in the South during Reconstruction from carrying out their constitutional duties,” the NAACP explained. “The statute was intended specifically to protect against conspiracies.”
“January 6th was one of the most shameful days in our country’s history, and it was instigated by the President himself,” said Thompson.
“His gleeful support of violent white supremacists led to a breach of the Capitol that put my life, and that of my colleagues, in grave danger. It is by the slimmest of luck that the outcome was not deadlier,” said Thompson. “While the majority of Republicans in the Senate abdicated their responsibility to hold the President accountable, we must hold him accountable for the insurrection that he so blatantly planned. Failure to do so will only invite this type of authoritarianism for the anti-democratic forces on the far right that are so intent on destroying our country.”
While heavy on claims and innuendo, the suit offers no evidence Trump or Giuliani were aware of specific plans by the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to enter the U.S. Capitol or attack lawmakers.
“Donald J. Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers [conspired] to incite a violent riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, with the goal of preventing Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election,” the NAACP release states.
“The insurrection was the result of a carefully orchestrated plan by Trump, Giuliani and extremist groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, all of whom shared a common goal of employing intimidation, harassment and threats to stop the certification of the Electoral College,” the NAACP claims. “They succeeded in their plan. After witnessing Capitol police barricading the doors of the House chamber with furniture, Congressman Thompson and fellow lawmakers donned gas masks and were rushed into the Longworth House Office Building where they sheltered with more than 200 other representatives, staffers and family members.”
The lawsuit seeks payment from Trump, Giuliani, the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers for claimed compensatory and punitive damages, likely to claimed in millions of dollars.
Michael Brigham
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LISTEN UP…. The HOUSE DEMOCRATS Can JUMP into a LAKE With CROCODILES. HOW About 105 MILLION TRUMP SUPPORTERS SUE the DEMOCRATS for CHEATING in an ELECTION??? TRUMP WON 104 MILLION Something LEGAL VOTES..SWITCHED + TRASHED VOTES. GOD gave me the Closest Round Figure..so I Could Remember the AMT Better. GOD is NOT a LIAR. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄
You are 100% correct!!!
Their sorry asses should have to pay at the end of a rope.
You are too late-The croc’s are eating them now😂
If only I would pay to watch. I’m so sick of their tax draining witch hunt.
Witch HUNTS
It’s not too late. The crocs are spitting them back out in disgust.
The Democrats are so scared of Trump because they know he can bring this country to it’s feet where they want house to be poor so they can control .. they have gone nothing in the month Biden’s been in but test down our country …. I hope all you Biden people are happy .., as far as I’m concern your all stupid ass holes
HELL I LIKE THAT IDEA– NOW HOW DO WE GO ABUT IT AND SCARE THE LIVING HELL OUT OF THEM.???
What a fantastic idea we should also sue for attempting to fraudulently charge an innocent person for other people’s crimes at the capital because they the Hitler party “democrats ” paid 200 people to riot so they could blame Trump. We the people see the truth. They set the fake pipe booms and planned it all they can’t leave the true president of America alone Trump is a great president and this clone of biden is a terrible disaster why is the military allowing this ambush of Americans rights and liberty being taken by this administration.
Exactly. This “Sue TRUMP. OR ‘impeach TRUMP BS HAS GOT TO,STOP. what’s next sue him because he got a cold? Or because he wore a green tie” or some other sue dujour? Get over it. We the AMERICAN PEOPLE voted him in and would so again and again and again why? Because you democrats, ANY past or present, are a bunch of thieving, lying, without morals, stoop to the lowest levels imaginable, worthless, do nothing for anyone but yourself, pieces of worthless shit that anyone with any brain or morals can even imagine. You all should be hung, shot, electrocuted, or any other way disposed of and buried in nameless graves where you belong as none of you deserve better and most deserve much worse. Think about it seriously because the truth hurts but you all deserve nothing more.
Sue the” RATS”for wasting taxpayer money for there personal vendetta
against DJT. It’s time to go after the scumbags who steal our money.
The liberal dem bloodsuckijg parasitical ticks still don’t see it coming, They are walking as close to civil war as they can without the shooting starting
You have got that right. I bet old b*tch Pelosi won’t go walking down Chinatown now. Yeah, she definitely needs a fence, but I do not believe our armed services should be protecting her sorry old ass.
Me either Waste of our military time
I’m sad for our military members having to protect the scum there and be subjected to a cold parking lot to sleep, heartless the only people that matter in their minds are themselves, I truly believe if we the tax payers stop paying they will stop getting paid their play money gone and their money scams reveled we should look into Pelosi and all the democrats financial business like they are doing to Trump but in their case it will be like Hunter biden and his background, not so appealing.
So true, but I wonder….who are the Biden supporters going to blame when it goes down?
😂😂😂 the corrupt satanic nazi democrats are the Klu Klux Klan!
What a joke, they should be sued for being systematic racist.
It seems to me that the more they try to control America through their uncontrollable hate for this country, the more they will reveal how utterly rediculous and dangerous they actually are . In the end, American values will persist and these very mentally troubled people will be put in their place. I have faith in America and no faith in Biden and his mentally sick supporters.
It’s bogus lawsuits like this, that give the DEMOSH*TS their bad reputation! Especially, since they started the KKK!
I hope Trump will make IRS collect millions owed by Al Sharp when Trump takes office in Jan 2025.
The only problem with counter sueing the Democrats is the judicial system is in the Democrats back pocket just like the FBI , and the DOJ
And SCOTUS.
This law suit goes nowhere and the democrats know it. Trump had nothing to do with the planning and in the end no one was prevented from performing their constitutional duty.
When are the spoiled brat kids going to grow up,?
Donald Trump cannot be a member of the k.k.k. he is not a member of the Democrats who invented that hideous disgusting gang of people.
Why don’t you Dems do the job you were elected fore and stop trying to kill Trump. You weren’t elected to cause trouble or change our way of life just because you don’t like it. If you want what you are asking for why don’t you just move to another country who live the way you want to live and leave us alone. You just might live longer without all the worry you bring on yourself !
The Dems are not only deranged but desperate. That act was passed against them by Republicans as they were the slave owners and killers of blacks. They fought to KEEP slavery. as hard as they are fighting to rid themselves of Trump. They are so afraid that everyone will find out for themselves that Trump isNOT the racist. Just listen to the way Biden portrays the blacks and Hispanics.
Keep digging you stupid democrats this will all backfire on you. The more you attack Trump the stronger he becomes.
Trump 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I’m sure there is a leftist puppet judge who will allow the case to go forward. This is all part of Biden’s plan to unify the country. I’m feeling more united with my fellow conservative citizens every day!
Every time you think they couldn’t possibly get more ridiculous, they step right up and prove you wrong. I think they need mental help or an intervention.
I used to think the dimorats were just useless. Now I firmly believe they are so crazy with hate and the desire to turn the good ol’ USA into a 4th world nation they will stop at nothing to bring down this GREAT country.
How or can they be stopped?? Hey I know —RE-ELECT TRUMP.😉😊😁😂
Blatant Democrat Bullshit. By the same fools who failed to hear President Trump disavow such groups and individuals publicly. Complete fools and idiots. Go to Hell you hatemongering Racist SOBs.
Hilarious!! Democrats just can’t let shit go. They gotta keep going after someone. It was proven it was antifa and they know it.
Total baloney Dems try to concentrate on doing something for the country instead of going crazy trying to go after Trump!!!!
Why are they suing President Trump for what Democraps are???
They should sue themselves. They started the kkk
Oh my, isn’t the Ku Klux Klan the military wing of the Demorat party?.
Actually today, BLM and ANTIFA are their foot soldiers, the KKK is insignificant.
Absolutely Ridiculous!! DEMOCRATS, GET ON WITH YOUR WORK! WE DIDN’T HIRE YOU TO DO THIS!!
Does anyone know whose best friends, and financial supporter of biden??? A KKK GRAND WIZARD from Texas
WELL WELL JUST MORE HYPERBOLE BY DISGRUNTLED DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN HARRASS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. GOING TO BE FUNNY AS HELL WHEN THEY LOSE AND TRUMP COUNTER SUES AND WINS BIGTIME !
I wonder if there is any way and any LAW FIRM willing to sue the entirety of DEMOCRATS IN OFFICE SENATORS CONGRESSMEN AND REPRESENTATIVES for BREACH OF TRUSTOF WE THE PEOPLE ? SUE THEM COLLECTIVELY AS PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES OF THE USA, AND SUE THEM INDIVIDUALLY AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE FOR FAILURE TO FULLFILL THEIR OATHES OF OFFICE !!
They just can’t give up on destroying President Trump. Grasping at any straw in their attempts.. I am beginning to believe the extreme hate they have for this man has caused a great deal of mental illness. This is nothing short of treasonous behavior and all should be removed from office.
“The insurrection was the result of a carefully orchestrated plan by Trump, Giuliani and extremist groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, all of whom shared a common goal of employing intimidation, harassment and threats to stop the certification of the Electoral College,” the NAACP claims.
Which was it? An insurrection or an attempt to stop the certification? Because it can’t, by definition, be both.
All I see is a bunch of baseless accusations and inflammatory language. In point of fact, the House impeached Trump for inciting an insurrection by a speech he made that day. But when that proved to be both impossible and contrary to all facts uncovered by the FBI, did the House retract or even reconsider their impeachment? NO.
Instead they invented a brand new case out of whole cloth, insisting Trump incited this crowd over a period of weeks of public comments that NO ONE in the media or law enforcement thought might be incitement at the time. That of course failed in the Senate.
Now they have an entirely NEW narrative completely devoid of any actual new evidence from law enforcement or even a leftist media story from the ubiquitous unnamed sources.
There obviously is a conspiracy. But in this conspiracy Trump is the victim, not a conspirator.
SUE, SUE, SUE, SUE, SUE THESE BLOODY BASTARDS AND “BANKRUPT THERE BUTTS!
Pathetic! Simply Pathetic! They allowed the “Summer of Love”? In Seattle. Portland Oregon, Kenosha, Minnesota , trashing of Historical Statues and so much more! Pathetic criminals like Dominion suing over their own guilt Lock them all up and worse!
Keep wasting our taxes
Hey–you are all not calling the dims by the correct name. It is the dimorats. Thay are not crats it is DIM-O-RATS and don’t you forget.😏 These dumbells will destroy the country.
Can you believe it? The Moron brigade are still at it. They should pass a law requiring anyone wanting to file a lawsuit against someone must have an IQ of at least their age. These stupid lawsuits would end immediately. Hank Johnson’s IQ isn’t even as high as his shoe size. Islands tipping over. What a joke…
Every DAMN COMMUNIST CEMO needs arrested and tried for HIGH CRIMES OF TREASON AGAINST THE USA
It’s beyond the point where we need to mollycoddle these leftist terrorists! They are acting not out of the Democrat playbook, but out of the Nazi Hitler handbook!!!! No longer Americans…
These dummycraps are a bunch of nutcases,loony=tunes, jackasses, that just don’t know when to quit.
What next? I can’t believe they are still bullying Trump.. Hey Jerks, the Antifa organized all those violent groups. Black Lives Matter were also there causing havoc. Bully them. Trump was giving a speech a mile away when the capitol was breached! Check the FACTS! I am sick of this.
Sue the democrats under the same act for slavery and the Jim Crow laws.
HOW IMMATURE????????? THESE DEMS……FRAUDS ARE ACTUALLY DIGGING THEIR OWN GRAVES???????? THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA ARE SOONER OR LATER GOING TO GET REAL SICK OF THEM!!!!! AND THE FACT THAT AGAING THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOBS THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR??????? EVERY DAY THEY COME UP WITH SOME ASSIN’ IDEA TO GET BACK AT TRUMP!!!!!!!! THEY ARE SOOOOOOOOO JEALOUS OF HIM IT IS A REAL SHAM……. I DO NOT KNOW ANY ONE IN THE WORK FORCE WHO CAN GO TO WORK AND NOT DO ANY THING AND GET PAID FOR IT???????? JUST IMAGINE ANY BUSINESS,,,,WALK IN AND PAY FOR A SERVICE AND NOT GET IT?????????? WOULD THE OWNER BE A LITTLE UPSET??????? HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT PERSON WOULD LAST??????? IT GETS TIRESOME AFTER SO MANY TIMES?????????
A complete waste of time and money! DEMS will be shamed once again.
The democrats are continuing ways to spend our tax dollars, and try to break America. Two failed attempts at impeachment and now thisKu Klux Klan thing. Once again, the dems can’t find any thing wrong now, so they have to go back fifty years? Biden shoul.d be the one bein g checked out, changing things that had to go through Congress to get passed, but Biden can undo all of that with a flash of a pe.
This is party that was formed under Ku Klucks Klan how rich is this you can’t make this s—t up