Posted on 02/16/2021 4:51:50 PM PST by RandFan
Rep. Bennie Thompson is targeting former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers in a suit alleging that they conspired to incite the violence that transpired at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
The lawsuit filed on behalf of the long-serving Mississippi Democrat by the NAACP and the Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll law firm claims that the defendants broke the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act by attempting to meddle in Congress's certification of the Electoral College count, according to NPR.
"The insurrection at the Capitol was a direct, intended, and foreseeable result of the Defendants' unlawful conspiracy," the lawsuit claims. "It was instigated according to a common plan that the Defendants pursued since the election held in November 2020."
According to the outlet, Thompson told reporters on Tuesday: "I am privileged to partner with the NAACP to have my day in court so that the perpetrators of putting members of Congress at risk can be held accountable."
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Who TF is this guy? Poor man’s Al Green?
“... Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll ...”
Where have you gone, Tailgunner Joe? a nation turns its lonely eyes to you ...
So he is suing everyone who was NOT involved? All the bogeymen of the Left?
Discovery is going to be fun.
Discovery will be fun. Bring everyone one in for a deposition, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, the house and senate sergeants at arms and let’s see who sells out each other.
Proud Boys are autonomous chapters that own no property. Good luck with that.
Not to worry, I’m sure the Judge will throw it out ruling they don’t have standing. /s
Good! Start Discovery with Pelosi and her reason for not deploying the Guard when Trump wanted it. Then go to the FBI on not only why did they not act on threats weeks before all this, but why they are not prosecuting ANTIFA. Bring it!
Baseless! Without evidence.
If Jan 6-21 was an insurrection, we would not have this mess of commies in office today.
Leftists always tell you who they fear.
Will the good Delta folks ever be rid of Bennie? Somehow, someway, he needs to be voted out of office.
The Communist Purge Is Growing Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!
Look up the demographics of the delta region of Mississippi (his district) and you'll quickly see why he'll never be voted out of office.
Yes, I know it well. Pretty impossible. But with God, all things are possible! Maybe there is a Delta Ben Carson or Alan Keyes who will run against Bennie and win.
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