A Democratic congressman has filed a lawsuit against former president Donald Trump, his son Donald Jr, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and a Republican lawmaker for allegedly inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
"The defendants assembled, inflamed and incited the mob, and as such are wholly responsible for the injury and destruction that followed," Swalwell said.Swalwell was one of the impeachment managers for Trump's trial in the Senate on the charge of inciting insurrection.
Trump was impeached by the Democratic-majority House of Representatives for his role in inciting the attack on the Capitol but acquitted by the Senate. Thompson and the NAACP, a civil rights organization, filed suit against Trump, Giuliani and two right-wing groups, the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, last month. Jason Miller, a Trump spokesman, responded to the latest lawsuit in a statement to The Washington Post."Eric Swalwell is a low-life with no credibility," Miller said.More than 300 people have been arrested so far for their role in the storming of the Capitol, which left at least five people dead. Among the latest arrests was Federico Guillermo Klein, 42, a Trump appointee to a low-level State Department job. Klein, who resigned from the State Department on January 19, a day before Trump left office, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday after a review of video of the Capitol attack.In a criminal complaint obtained by The New York Times, an FBI special agent said Klein, wearing a red"Make America Great Again" hat, is seen assaulting police officers with a riot shield. According to the complaint, Klein worked at the State Department since 2017 on Brazilian and other Latin American affairs and had a Top Secret clearance. He is believed to be the first member of the former Trump administration to directly charged in connection with the ransacking of the Capitol. Klein faces multiple charges including assaulting police officers, obstructing an official proceeding and disorderly conduct.