Hannah Ceh and Kyle Kruger wrote in their settlement that they apologized for participating in the October 2020 incident in which dozens of Trump supporters surrounded and harassed a Joe Biden campaign bus driving down Interstate 35.
The “Trump Train” begins in Gruene at Rockin' R and travels to downtown New Braunfels on Sept. 24, 2020. In October 2020, dozens of Trump supporters surrounded and harassed a Joe Biden campaign bus driving Interstate 35 from San Antonio to Austin, leading to a lawsuit. Two of the defendants Hannah Ceh and Kyle Kruger have settled with the defendants and apologized for their participation.
“Looking back, I would have done things differently. I do not feel that I was thinking things through at the time, and I apologize to the occupants of the bus for my part in actions that day that frightened or intimidated them,” Ceh wrote in her apology. Michael Falato, dressed as President Donald Trump, addresses Trump supporters as they gather before driving in a “Trump Train” caravan in San Antonio, Nov. 1, 2020. In October 2020, dozens of Trump supporters surrounded and harassed a Joe Biden campaign bus driving Interstate 35 from San Antonio to Austin, leading to a lawsuit. Two of the defendants Hannah Ceh and Kyle Kruger have settled with the defendants and apologized for their participation.
John Paredes, a lawyer representing some of the plaintiffs, previously told the Texas Tribune that people had rarely been sued under the provision of the Klan Act cited in the lawsuit in past years, but it has been increasingly used in legal arguments during the Trump administration. It also was cited in the federal lawsuit against Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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