On Saturday, the Senate acquitted Trump. Although 57 Senators voted to convict Trump of inciting an insurrection, it was 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority required. But that isn't the end of the story.
I have hopes for more and applaud the efforts to find a way to tie Trump to this even if it is an 1871 statute addressing the KKK.
If, as I am told by a good source, the FBI investigation into Roger Stone's involvement with the Proud Boys and January 6 insurrection ties Trump and his administration into this, I would hope many more lawsuits and perhaps an arrest or two among the prominent organizers.
Wouldn't it be terrific if the Stone pardon turns into something to convict Trump. Would Stone die on his sword though, to keep it from happening? Or is this investigation all wishful thinking. Time will tell.
In the meantime, 57 did vote to impeach Trump. The lack of spines in the GOP Senators and minority rule won. Not Trump's innocence.
He has always had the uncanny ability to deny his Tweets and get away with them, be caught lying, cheating and stealing and get away with it and ultimately 74 million citizens of this country still voted for him.
I think this is a terrific lawsuit - with legs. They seem to have covered all of the bases and I love that this could be the start of other civil suits against the Gang of Fools.
This is a really interesting read, and the best one to capture all the elements of the suit based on the KKK statute. Would the remedy, if Trump were found guilty, include jail time? Financial penalties?
It's a civil suit, so there would only be financial penalties. One would hope that case would be decided before either New York or Georgia prosecute him for crimes in those states AND that the financial penalties are substantial. I want him so broke he has to depend on a public defender to try to get him off of any criminal prosecutions.
I'm so incredibly worn out by trump lawsuits at this point. This clown skirts the law so frequently it's impossible to keep up with his lawlessness. I don't understand the defense of Jan 6th. He at one point in the speech said "be peaceful" in some capacity, at least I was sent a youtube clip of it. I can't bring myself to read the entire transcript because even reading trumps jumbled random words gives me a headache, but I don't think that's a good enough defense. If he said be peaceful in hour 1 of his speech one time, does that protect him from whatever he said later on? When he says "you've got to fight like hell or you wont have a country anymore" I don't think saying "be peaceful" over an hour ago is good enough protection. It is amazing how this clown continues to escape culpability for anything he's ever done. He's never faced a real consequence in his entire life. I am hoping with every fiber of my being that one of these lawsuits stick and this guy is barred from ever holding public office again. Great work per usual Judd!
I'm told he said 'peaceful' once in the first couple minutes of that speech, then told them to 'fight' about 20 times, to 'stop the steal', to 'take back the country', etc.
How ironic that the Orange Asscactus would be sued for violating a law meant to prosecute the ancestors of his "very fine people" from Charlottesville and 1/6.
I’m willing to sit back and watch how this suit perks thru the various courts. It will be interesting to see who steps up to defend this suit for all the illustrious respondents named in the lawsuit too. This is such a good move by the Congressman and the NAACP. If it gets to the discovery phase things might become a bit clearer.
Nailing Trump on tweets that have to be interpreted a certain way feels like a losing cause. I'm much more interested in a and wondering if the suit mentions the news reports of stand down / engagement orders that were passed down to the police and national guard. That seems more fruitful to me.
It feels appropriate that Donald Trump would get sued as a private citizen since he didn't act like a president the entire time he was in office.
I have hopes for more and applaud the efforts to find a way to tie Trump to this even if it is an 1871 statute addressing the KKK.
If, as I am told by a good source, the FBI investigation into Roger Stone's involvement with the Proud Boys and January 6 insurrection ties Trump and his administration into this, I would hope many more lawsuits and perhaps an arrest or two among the prominent organizers.
Wouldn't it be terrific if the Stone pardon turns into something to convict Trump. Would Stone die on his sword though, to keep it from happening? Or is this investigation all wishful thinking. Time will tell.
In the meantime, 57 did vote to impeach Trump. The lack of spines in the GOP Senators and minority rule won. Not Trump's innocence.
He has always had the uncanny ability to deny his Tweets and get away with them, be caught lying, cheating and stealing and get away with it and ultimately 74 million citizens of this country still voted for him.
SMH it's like living in Bizzaro World.
I think this is a terrific lawsuit - with legs. They seem to have covered all of the bases and I love that this could be the start of other civil suits against the Gang of Fools.
Ingenious response to the rejection of impeachment by a cowardly majority of Republicans. Thanks for reporting.
This is a really interesting read, and the best one to capture all the elements of the suit based on the KKK statute. Would the remedy, if Trump were found guilty, include jail time? Financial penalties?
It's a civil suit, so there would only be financial penalties. One would hope that case would be decided before either New York or Georgia prosecute him for crimes in those states AND that the financial penalties are substantial. I want him so broke he has to depend on a public defender to try to get him off of any criminal prosecutions.
Thank you for your expertise. I think this statute hasn't been the subject for prosecution much before, so a slap on the wrist would be awful.
I'm so incredibly worn out by trump lawsuits at this point. This clown skirts the law so frequently it's impossible to keep up with his lawlessness. I don't understand the defense of Jan 6th. He at one point in the speech said "be peaceful" in some capacity, at least I was sent a youtube clip of it. I can't bring myself to read the entire transcript because even reading trumps jumbled random words gives me a headache, but I don't think that's a good enough defense. If he said be peaceful in hour 1 of his speech one time, does that protect him from whatever he said later on? When he says "you've got to fight like hell or you wont have a country anymore" I don't think saying "be peaceful" over an hour ago is good enough protection. It is amazing how this clown continues to escape culpability for anything he's ever done. He's never faced a real consequence in his entire life. I am hoping with every fiber of my being that one of these lawsuits stick and this guy is barred from ever holding public office again. Great work per usual Judd!
I'm told he said 'peaceful' once in the first couple minutes of that speech, then told them to 'fight' about 20 times, to 'stop the steal', to 'take back the country', etc.
How ironic that the Orange Asscactus would be sued for violating a law meant to prosecute the ancestors of his "very fine people" from Charlottesville and 1/6.
An excellent analysis, Judd. Thank you
I’m willing to sit back and watch how this suit perks thru the various courts. It will be interesting to see who steps up to defend this suit for all the illustrious respondents named in the lawsuit too. This is such a good move by the Congressman and the NAACP. If it gets to the discovery phase things might become a bit clearer.
I couldn't more pleased with this lawsuit. My take on the Toxic Trump here https://dianefrancis.substack.com/p/the-republicant-party
Nailing Trump on tweets that have to be interpreted a certain way feels like a losing cause. I'm much more interested in a and wondering if the suit mentions the news reports of stand down / engagement orders that were passed down to the police and national guard. That seems more fruitful to me.
Thank you for this information!