The lawsuit filed by Republican and Independent voters claims Trump 'materially aided the insurrection' on January 6.
That action was the first time since 1869 that the Disqualification Clause of the Constitution was used against a person for their involvement in an insurrection.
“If the very fabric of our democracy is to hold, we must ensure that the Constitution is enforced and the same people who attacked our democratic system not be put in charge of it,”We aren’t bringing this case to make a point, we’re bringing it because it is necessary to defend our republic both today and in the future.
“We can’t let this stuff happen. We won’t have a country if it happens,” Trump said at one point during the speech. After riling up his loyalists with false claims of election fraud, Trump urged them to “walk down Pennsylvania Avenue” to give “weak” Republicans the “boldness that they need to take back our country,”The suit also showcases how Trump sought to “exploit” the violence at the Capitol, using it as an opportunity to urge wayward legislators to back his plan to overturn the election using fake electors his campaign had set up.
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