NAACP, Rep. Bennie Thompson sue Trump, Giuliani over Capitol riot
Published Date: 2/16/2021
Source: The Hill
The NAACP and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) are suing former President Trump, alleging that Trump incited the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 in violation of a Reconstruction Era law commonly referred to as the Ku Klux Klan Act. Filed Tuesday in the federal District Court of Washington, D.C., the civil complaint comes after the former president was acquitted over the weekend by the Senate in his second impeachment trial which was also focused on the events of Jan. 6. READ MORE: http://hill.cm/tcV9LXu #Trump, #Impeachment, #NAACP