
East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell sues Trump and shut allies over Capitol rebellion in 2d main rebel lawsuit
Through Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole | CNN
Former Area impeachment supervisor Eric Swalwell has sued former President Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Republican Rep. Mo Brooks in a second major lawsuit seeking to hold Trump and his allies accountable for inciting the insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6.
The new lawsuit filed on Friday through Swalwell, a California Democrat who helped to guide impeachment arguments towards Trump for inciting rebel, follows a similar suit filed closing month through Rep. Bennie Thompson towards Trump, Giuliani and the extremist teams the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. Swalwell’s case makes probably the most identical claims as Thompson’s — bringing up a civil rights legislation intended to counter the Ku Klux ...