Updated Feb 17, 2021 · 04:37 pm Supporters of US President Donald Trump scale the walls of the Capitol Building in Washington on January 6, 2021. | Jim Urquhart/Reuters
A Democratic Congressman has sued former United States President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani under the 19th century “Ku Klux Klan Act” for allegedly conspiring to incite the violence at the Capitol last month, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The post-Civil War law was framed to combat the violent acts of the supremacist hate group that targeted African-Americans.
Mississippi Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson’s lawsuit also named two right-wing groups – Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
Over A Dozen Lawmakers Joined Crowds On Day Of Capitol Violence
State Sen. Mike Azinger told the broadcast outlet that the crowds loyal to Trump were inspiring and patriotic File Photo Associated Press (AP) 2021-01-12T11:58:58+05:30 Over A Dozen Lawmakers Joined Crowds On Day Of Capitol Violence outlookindia.com 2021-01-12T12:00:34+05:30
A second Republican lawmaker from West Virginia who marched to the US Capitol to support overturning Democrat Joe Biden s presidential win said in a radio interview Monday that he hopes President Donald Trump “calls us back.”
State Sen. Mike Azinger told the broadcast outlet that the crowds loyal to Trump were “inspiring and patriotic.
File photo of Donald Trump. | AFP
Outgoing United States President Donald Trump on Thursday conceded defeat to President-Elect Joe Biden and condemned the previous day’s violence at the US Capitol in Washington DC. He called it a “heinous attack” and said he was “outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem”.
“America is and must always be a nation of law and order,” Trump said in a video message on Twitter. “To demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol: you have defiled the seat of American democracy. To those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction: you do not represent our country. And to those who broke the law: you will pay.”